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View all search resultsIndonesia won’t phase out fossil fuels, Hashim asserts
President Prabowo Subianto’s brother and business tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who is also the President’s special envoy for energy and climate, says the government “is sticking to a different approach” amid mounting international pressure to curb fossil fuel use.
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The Suralaya coal-fired power plant is pictured in Cilegon, Banten, on Oct. 31, 2023. (AFP/Ronald Siagian)
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ashim Djojohadikusumo, head of the advisory board at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), has doubled down on the government’s stance of not phasing out fossil fuels, including coal.
Hashim, who is President Prabowo Subianto’s brother and also serves as the President’s special envoy for energy and climate, asserted that the government was “sticking to a different approach”, defying mounting international pressure to curb fossil fuel use.
“There is a clear position from our government, that there will be no phase-out of fossil fuels. Indonesia’s economy, particularly industry and electricity generation, will continue to rely on fossil fuels: coal, natural gas and others,” said Hashim at Kadin’s national leadership meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday.
“This is really important, because our government is being pressured, and I myself have been pushed to commit to phasing out fossil fuels. We’ve rejected that; we’re sticking with a phase-down.”
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The government, however, remains committed to accelerating the share of new and renewable energy in the national electricity capacity, he added, with about 76 percent of the electricity capacity to be built over the next 15 years to come from new and renewable energy sources.
Indonesia plans to build 100 gigawatts of new power plants over the same period, including 75 GW from renewables, such as wind, solar, hydro and geothermal power, supplemented by nuclear energy.
