Having A Potential EBT Of 3.6 TW, RI Has Just Taken Advantage Of 1 Percent

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JAKARTA - Indonesia is known to have a new renewable energy source that overflows to 3.6 Terawatt (TW) with 3.3 TW from solar energy.

Despite its great potential, Acting Director General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE), Jisman Hutajulu said that Indonesia's new energy was still less than 1 percent.

"Indonesia has an abundant source of renewable energy of more than 3.6 TW, most of which come from solar energy, namely 3.3 TW but can only be utilized less than 1 percent," said Jisman in his remarks at the Socialization of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources number 2/2024, Tuesday 5 March.

Jisman said, currently the primary energy mix of Indonesia is still dominated by fossil energy. In fact, the trend of PLTS prices from year to year is decreasing, so that massive use of PLTS can reduce electricity costs and encourage national efficiency. In addition, the PLTS Development period is relatively short.

Furthermore, Jisman said, until the end of 2023, the achievement of the EBT mix in Indonesia had only reached 13 percent.

"The government continues to encourage the acceleration of the development of EBT so that the mix continues to increase every year. Through the General Plan for the Provision of Electricity (RUPTL) of PLN in 2021-2030, the portion of EBT power plants is planned to be greater, namely 52 percent, compared to fossil energy plants which are only 48 percent," explained Jisman.

For this reason, he said, the government continues to optimize the use of solar energy through Rooftop PLTS. Since 2018, the Government has issued a Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation on Roof PLTS to encourage public participation in the provision of clean energy.

"The government appreciates the efforts of each stakeholder in the development of the Roof PLTS, with various obstacles faced, the development of the Roof PLTS until December 2023 has only reached 140 MW, so it is necessary to accelerate the development of the Roof PLTS," concluded Jisman.