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RI eyes 100% green ammonia in several coal-fired plants by end of 2045
Indonesia has been pilot testing the use of ammonia and hydrogen in power generation, but remains limited to only partially replacing the coal used in power plants, a method known as co-firing.
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Need for change: The Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Banten, releases steam on Oct. 31, 2023.
(AFP/Ronald Siagian )
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he government aims to gradually burn green ammonia as a primary fuel in several coal-fired powerplants by the end of 2045, as the country seeks to slash carbon emissions from the energy sector, according to the latest National Electricity Master Plan (RUKN).
The electricity master plan, effective since Nov. 29 of last year, lays out plans to retrofit several coal-fired power plants to rely on 100 percent green ammonia as a main source of fuel.
It also aims for gas-fired power plants to rely on 100 percent green hydrogen, which the government plans to produce with the help of hydro, solar and nuclear power plants in Papua, East Nusa Tenggara and West Kalimantan.
However, to reduce investment costs, the plan will only apply to coal fleets with zero book value or those whose power purchase agreements (PPA) with the independent power producers (IPP) have ended, according to the document.
Indonesia has been pilot testing the use of ammonia and hydrogen in power generation, but remains limited to only partially replacing the coal used in power plants, a method known as co-firing.
Co-firing, including for ammonia, is still an untested technology at large scale, according to Brussels-based climate think tank E3G, pointing to a few projects still in their demonstration phase, which have incorporated only 20 percent ammonia in co-firing.
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