The Importance of Energy Security Concept
Energy is essential for welfare increases, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. Similar to food and water, energy is a basic requirement for survival of the nations. Consequently, energy resources conflicts between nations could lead to war. In the national security concept, a nation has a system known as energy security. The main concept of energy […]
Power Wheeling and Clean Energy Development
The demand of the clean energy rises in recent years, not to mention the industry or commercial sectors’ demand. Multinational companies have joined in a 100% renewable energy supply commitment, called RE100. Listed companies have reached 155 companies to date, which include Apple, IKEA, Nike, Nestle, Unilever, and Google. As seen in Figure 1, the […]
Learning from Venezuela: How to Manage National Oil Company (NOC)
Venezuela Economic Crisis The sudden drop in oil prices in 2014 from $115 per barrel [1] to about $70 per barrel pushed many oil producers to their lowest level. Many companies started to cut costs of production and exploration for more than 25%. According to Houston-based consulting firm Graves & Co, in Feb 2017 the […]
Indonesian Energy Efficiency Current Situation
For most of the countries, the dynamic of the economic growth and energy consumption have fluctuated at the same time. It’s also happened in Indonesia, where GDP and final energy consumption have a trend that is increasing simultaneously (Figure 1). Energy has an important role in economic activity because it is one of the drive […]
A Brief Review on Indonesia’s National Energy Policy
Introduction Energy is an important sector to guarantee the prosperity of people in a country. Management of energy is essential as the energy sector highly contributes to the core of economic and social activity. In an industrialized country, access to energy is important to ensure productivity while energy access to the community is important to […]
Indonesia Clean Energy Dialogue: Reviewing 2018, Outlooking 2019
Figure 1. Bambang Harimurti, Prof. Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Ir. Michael Sumarijanto, Sudirman Said, Febby Tumiwa and Prof. Subroto during the Indonesia Clean Energy Dialogue. At the end of 2018, Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) collaborated with Bimasena -Mines and Energy Society- organized an energy dialogue with Indonesia’s energy experts and with the intention to review […]
