Director General Of EBTKE Says World Water Forum Will Open The Road To Cheap Electricity

Hydropower Plant (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) stated that the implementation of the 10th World Water Forum could pave the way for Indonesia to get cheaper electricity. Especially through the development of hydroelectric power plants (PLTA).

"With this World Water Forum, we hope that the hydropower (PLTA) issue can be even bigger, because with water we can get the cheapest electricity," said the Director General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (Dirjen EBTKE) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Eniya Listiani quoting Antara.

He made this statement regarding one of the strategic projects offered by Indonesia to enter the 2024 World Water Forum compoundium, namely the hydropower plant.

Eniya explained that so far the government has encouraged the use of water to become a source of electricity in Indonesia. Moreover, Indonesia has extraordinary water resources.

Moreover, water sources in Kalimantan, Sumatra, Sulawesi, are the same as Papua. If in Java, maybe a little eroded, but the hydropower plant has been around for a long time," he said.

Therefore, he is very supportive of the hydropower project to enter the 2024 World Water Forum compoundium.

"Currently, the cheapest electricity, about 3 cents or below, is hydro (water)," said the former Main Expert Researcher of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

Previously, Expert Staff to the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) for Technology, Industry and Environment Endra S Atmawidjaja said Indonesia offered a number of strategic projects to be included in the 2024 World Water Forum compoundium in Bali, starting from the modernization of irrigation with the World Bank to hydropower.

The 10th World Water Forum focuses on four things, namely water conservation, clean water and sanitation, food and energy security, and mitigation of natural disasters.

A total of 244 sessions in the forum are expected to provide concrete results regarding the mainstreaming of integrated water management for small islands or integrated water resources management (IWRM) on small islands, the establishment of a center of excellence or the best practice for water and climate security or the Center of Excellence on Water and Climate Resilience (COE), as well as the determination of World Lake Day.