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RI eyes nuclear, ammonia and hydrogen to aid its 2060 net-zero goal
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A worker cleans solar panels that generate electricity for a gas-refueling station in Teras in the Central Java regency of Boyolali on Oct. 26, 2022. (Antara/Aloysuis Jarot Nugroho)
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he government sees a need to develop so-called “new energy” projects, such as nuclear, hydrogen and ammonia, to achieve its net-zero emissions goal by 2060 or far earlier.
Yudo Dwinanda Priaadi, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s renewables director general said on Wednesday that Indonesia could achieve its net-zero target sooner than 2060 with support from the global community, which he hopes could take the form of technology transfers and financing.
“We need new technology, more efficient, more productive [...] and more affordable,” he said during the UOB Gateway to ASEAN Conference in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Southeast Asia’s largest economy aims to reduce carbon emissions by 29 percent by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2060.
Yudo said he expected by 2060 that the majority of energy in Indonesia would come from solar, but the country would need batteries to store it due to its intermittent nature, meaning renewable energy often cannot consistently produce electricity all day.
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The energy ministry aims to have 2.14 gigawatts of solar power capacity installed by 2030, 0.64 GW of which would be installed in households, 0.74 GW at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the rest in industries and businesses.
