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Falling behind on green targets, Indonesia prepares stimulus for energy, farming
The stimulus will be part of the country's coronavirus relief fund.
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Clean and sustainable: A man checks solar panels powering a naval base in Riau Islands. (The Jakarta Post/Dhoni Setiawan)
T
he Indonesian government plans to conduct and incentivize investment in environmental technologies as part of the national economic recovery (PEN) program.
The National Development Planning Ministry’s (Bappenas) undersecretary for maritime affairs and natural resources, Arifin Rudiyanto, said the ministry would focus on a green fiscal stimulus program especially in three areas: energy, waste management and labor-intensive farming.
“To accelerate Indonesia’s green economy transformation, the country could start by having a green fiscal stimulus plan that can be the foundation for long-term economic growth,” he revealed in a recent discussion hosted by Greenpeace Indonesia.
Arifin went on to say that, in the energy sector, the ministry was targeting to install rooftop solar panels at 70 ministries or government institutions with a Rp 210 billion (US$14.5 million) budget.
The solar panels were estimated to save 15 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per year, or Rp 22 billion in electricity bills, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 339,624 tons within 25 years.
Last year, the government had announced a program called the Solar Archipelago (Surya Nusantara), which aims to provide rooftop solar panels for millions of poor households over the next four to five years.
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