ESDM Minister Calls Gas An Important Commodity For The Energy Transition Process

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif said, to increase national electricity capacity, it can be filled with gas-based power plants that are more environmentally friendly.

"We hope that during this transition period, or before clean renewable energy plants enter, they can be filled first by utilizing gas. The emissions released from this PLTGU are lower than those that use coal by approximately half," said Arifin in his statement, Friday, May 13. .

He said, building an environmentally friendly power plant is a form of Indonesia's commitment to clean energy to the international community with a Net Zerro Emmison target in 2060.

"Indonesia will strive to achieve the Net Zerro Emission target by 2060, which means there will be 1.5 Giga Tons of CO2 which we must eliminate in various ways, one of which is the use of new and renewable energy," said Arifin.

He said, Indonesia currently has gas which has quite a large potential. It is necessary to strive for its utilization as an energy transition from fossil to renewable energy.

"This gas is an important commodity, especially to support the energy transition process, from heavy fossil energy to medium to zero," Arifin continued.

In addition to clean energy, he said, the current challenge is how to produce cheap, affordable energy for the community, and encourage investors to invest in Indonesia.

"What is very important at this time, we must be able to work out how this energy can be cheap, this electricity can be cheap in addition to the benefit of the community as well as for the benefit of the industry because with the competitiveness of this energy price it will provide an investment impetus to enter the country. For that We must not forget the efficiency of the operation of our power generation units," said Arifin.