TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Indonesia to abandon 23% renewable energy target
The government has opted for a far lower target of between 17 and 19 percent by 2025, adding that Indonesia needed to be more realistic on what it could achieve.
Change Size
Saving energy: A worker cleans solar panels that generate electricity for a gas refueling station in the Teras area of Boyolali, Central Java, on Oct. 26, 2022. (Antara/Aloysuis Jarot Nugroho)
I
ndonesia is planning to slash the targeted share of renewables in the national energy mix, a move seen by experts as a step back in the country’s ambition toward clean energy, while signaling its light-hearted attempt to part ways with fossil fuels.
The new target will hover at between 17 and 19 percent by 2025, as proposed by the National Energy Council (DEN). Previously, the government had set a target of 23 percent for the same period.
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif told reporters on Monday that renewable energy development had been painstakingly slow and this was partly due to the domination of coal-fired power plants.
“We have to be realistic,” Arifin said, when asked about the plan to lower the renewable energy target.
“We will adhere to the commitment we made, but we have to work toward it with what we have,” he added.
Read also: Yearender: A sobering year for the energy transition
Southeast Asia's largest economy has committed to cutting carbon emissions by relying less on coal and more on renewable sources of energy, but progress has been slow.
