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Discourse: House supports Indonesia’s transition to cleaner energy
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One of the efforts to develop new renewable energy is through the use of solar panels in Pertamina’s operational areas, here seen at a refinery in Cilacap, Central Java, in this undated photograph. (Courtesy of Pertamina)
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n a bid to strengthen the path toward renewable energy transition and reach Indonesia’s emissions-reduction and climate goals, the House of Representatives is currently deliberating the renewable energy bill. Chairman of House Commission VII overseeing energy, Sugeng Suparwoto from the NasDem Party, spoke to The Jakarta Post’s A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil about how lawmakers can support Indonesia’s transition to cleaner energy. The following are excerpts from the discourse:
Question: How does the House support the energy transition to handle climate change?
Answer: My role as Commission VII chairman is to drive everyone so we can soon transition to renewable energies. Why? Because fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal have a lot of problems. Economically speaking, their supplies are limited and [environmentally speaking] they are pollutants.
Per day, we produce only 620,000 barrels through oil lifting. Meanwhile, we consume at least 1.4 million barrels of oil daily. To close this gap we import up to 800,000 barrels of oil daily. You can imagine how precarious this situation is.
In terms of gas, we are lucky to have a proven upstream reserve of at least 60 trillion cubic feet. Currently we consume 60 percent of our production and export 40 percent of it. That is good, but while we mainly export LNG [liquefied natural gas], at the same time we import LPG [liquefied petroleum gas].
We have an abundance of coal, another fossil fuel. But we also know that coal is the primary source of carbon emissions.
