The National Energy Mix Of The Republic Of Indonesia Is Still Dominated By Coal

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung revealed that the energy mix in the first semester of 2024 was dominated by coal at 39.48 percent, while oil was 29.90 percent and natural gas was 16.69 percent, and around 13.93 percent came from EBT.

However, Yuliot ensured that the oil and gas sector is still the key to fulfilling energy for the community, including during the energy transition period. Yuliot said, projected energy mix in 2050, oil portion around 20 percent and natural gas in the range of 24 percent.

In the downstream oil and gas sector, the Government guarantees energy security, including through increasing the use of natural gas in the industrial and household sectors by providing household gas networks.

"As of September 2024, 703,000 state budget connections (SR) and 400,000 non-APBN Jargas have been installed. The 2030 Jargas development target is 5.5 million SR, which is expected to reduce LPG imports by 550 KTPA, which can save subsidies of approximately IDR 5.6 trillion per year," said Yuliot, quoted on Friday, December 13.

Meanwhile, domestic gas priorities are carried out by integrating gas pipes along the island of Sumatra and integrating the islands of Sumatra to the island of Java. This is done to channel the potential of natural gas from the Agung and WK Andaman Aceh Working Areas, so that it can be used for downstreaming on the islands of Java and Sumatra, including household Jargas, namely 300,000 SR on the Cirebon-Semarang (Cisem) pipeline and 600 thousand SR for the Duri-Sei Mangke (Dusem) pipeline.

"The integration of gas pipelines from Sumatra to Java is carried out, among others, through investment in the construction of Cisem and Dusem natural gas pipelines. The construction of this natural gas pipeline supports more affordable gas prices with lower toll fees, meets gas needs for industries, power plants, commercials, and households, and supports the Jargas Program," added Yuliot.

Meanwhile, for the BBM 1 Price program, especially in underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas, 580 distributors have built 1 Price of fuel since 2017.

"The development of one-price fuel distribution, especially in the 3T region, is to ensure the availability and affordability of energy for the community. Since 2017 until now, 580 one-price fuel distributors have been built," added Yuliot.

Furthermore, the operational reserves of business entities ranging from 11 days in 2020 to 23 days in 2024. This is in line with the stipulation of the BPH Migas Regulation Number 9 of 2020 concerning the Provision of Fuel Operational Reserves.

For the mandatory biodiesel, Yuliot said it would be continued to Biodiesel 40 percent (B40) and B50. During the use of biodiesel B35 in 2023, the use of biodiesel was 12.2 million kiloliters (KL).

"As for the economic benefits of biodiesel realization in 2023, which has been calculated, there has been a state foreign exchange savings of IDR 120.5 trillion, reliability of fuel supply, especially diesel, increased added value, and provision of jobs in the country," said Yuliot.