Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Expects Industry To Meet Electricity Needs From Rooftop PLTS

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued the latest regulation, namely the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation Number 26 of 2021 as a form of the government's commitment to realizing clean energy. This regulation encourages solar power to meet the needs of domestic industry to support the transition of conventional products to green products that are environmentally friendly. said Director General of Electricity Rida Mulyana in a statement quoted by Antara, Sunday, March 20. Rida explained that the increasingly strong market demand for green products has pushed the commercial and industrial sectors to switch to environmentally friendly technologies in order to maintain their existence in the global market. new standards in the industry to produce environmentally friendly products so that they can be exported to other countries.

When the product arrives in another country, it will be reclassified in terms of energy use during production. If the product uses electricity that has high emissions, then a high tax will be imposed on the goods.

He further said that industries in Indonesia are starting to ask to be supplied with low-emission electricity sourced from renewable energy. For this reason, industries have taken the initiative to build their own PV mini-grid by utilizing the large roof. They can claim that some of their products are produced using green energy, one of which is rooftop solar power. Currently, the government continues to encourage the construction of rooftop solar power plants to achieve the target of 3.6 gigawatts of new renewable energy generation by 2025. The implementation of rooftop solar power plants has a number of positive impacts, including contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The government is also currently preparing several stages of a roadmap for the development of rooftop solar power plants.