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Indonesia, Japan to explore bioenergy, smart grid, others in AZEC deals
Ministry also expects Japanese support on carbon capture projects and a battery energy storage system (BESS) in eastern Indonesia.
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Smokestacks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant belch fumes into the skies above Cilegon, Banten, on Sept. 21, 2018. International pressure to accelerate decarbonization may force Indonesia’s hand in transitioning from coal. (AFP)
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ndonesia and Japan have inked 21 agreements to explore energy cooperation during the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) second ministerial meeting held in Jakarta, which the two hailed as a significant step in decarbonization in the region.
Dadan Kusdiana, secretary-general to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said both countries would continue with feasibility studies and the results would be discussed further in the next AZEC meetings.
“Then we will determine what AZEC could do to support clean energy development in Indonesia,” Dadan said in a statement on Wednesday after signing memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with his counterpart Yokoshima Naohiko, Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
The deal covered plans for both Indonesia and Japan to jointly develop renewable energy, such as solar, hydro and wind, but it also mentioned plans for bio-energies, such as biomass, biomethane and biofuel.
Both Jakarta and Tokyo are also eyeing cooperation in hydrogen production and its supply chains along with other technologies, such as energy conservation, hybrid solar-diesel powered plant as well as waste-to-energy.
NEDO will support Indonesia to develop a 0.5 megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant in Lahendong in North Sulawesi that later would help produce green hydrogen.
The cooperation also touches electricity development of smart grid technology and demand-side management.
