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RI falls behind world average in renewable electricity: Report
The share of renewables in global electricity generation rose to a record of 30 percent last year from 19 percent in 2000. Indonesia, meanwhile, only had a 20 percent share in 2023.
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Workers check solar panels at Tirtonadi Terminal in Surakarta, Central Java, for a Transportation Ministry project capable of producing 500,000 watts of electricity to power operations at the terminal, in this undated photo. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
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ndonesia is falling behind in its efforts to increase renewable energy in its power generation with the proportion of the country’s electricity coming from renewables dropping below a global average of 30 percent, a report by climate and energy think tank EMBER shows.
The share of renewables in global electricity generation rose to a record of 30 percent last year from 19 percent in 2000, driven by rapid growth in solar and wind power.
The progress ensured carbon dioxide emissions from power plants worldwide reached a record low of 480 grams of CO2 emitted per kilowatt-hour (gCO2/kWh) on average in 2023, 12 percent lower than the peak CO2 intensity globally in 2007.
Southeast Asia’s largest economy, however, only saw 20 percent of its electricity coming from renewable energy sources in 2022, the report said.
Dinita Setyawati, senior Southeast Asia electricity policy analyst at EMBER, said that Indonesia had yet to catch up to the global average as it lacked policies that could consistently support the renewable energy investment climate for private sector investors.
“As a result, we see fewer renewable energy power plants being developed compared with fossil fuel-based power generation,” she told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
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