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View all search resultsHead of Jatam's legal division Muhammad Jamil said that the construction of more solar power plants that would provide energy for desalination plants, as proposed by Musk, would require materials that come from new mining operations, mostly opened in the world's virgin forests.
The Cirata floating solar farm, which is expected to generate enough electricity to power 50,000 households, is built on a 200-hectare (500-acre) reservoir in West Java, about 130 kilometres (80 miles) from the capital, Jakarta.
Some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are also exploring carbon capture storage (CCS) technology to reduce emissions, officials said at this week's Singapore International Energy Week conference. ASEAN has proposed that 23 percent of primary energy come from renewable sources by 2025.
The main barriers to the maximization of renewable energy sources in ASEAN are institutional policy uncertainty on renewable projects, limited access to funding and a lack of appropriate technologies and expertise.
Despite its many challenges, 2020 marked a record-breaking year for renewable energy. Solar photovoltaics (PV) will be at the forefront of this continued opportunity in 2021-2022, with renewable energy expected to account for 90 percent of new capacity expansion globally.
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