Will Develop Sustainable Energy At IKN, This Is A Series Of Green Energy Portfolios Pertamina

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JAKARTA - PT Pertamina (Persero) will carry out sustainable energy development in the capital city of Nusantara.

Pertamina's Vice President for Corporate Communication Fadjar Djoko Santoso said Indonesia has abundant renewable energy sources. Starting from gas reserves, vegetable energy, to natural-based energy such as Natural-Based Solution (NBS) to become an alternative energy that is low in carbon and environmentally friendly.

"Currently we are deepening the nature-based solution which has the potential to become one of the energy sources in IKN, considering the area of green area in IKN that will be maintained to become a sustainable ecosystem," he explained.

Pertamina through the State Gas Company, added Fadjar, has also prepared a gas network (gas network) at IKN. In the early stages, jargas is expected to be an energy source for 166 housing towers for State Civil Apparatus (ASN) and 34 ministerial landed houses domiciled at IKN.

Fadjar revealed that opportunities for the use of new and renewable energy at IKN will continue to be developed, especially with the existence of a sustainable research and innovation center that will be built by Pertamina.

Various Green Energy Pertamina

He explained that currently Pertamina has managed various low-carbon clean energy portfolios in Indonesia. The use of this energy source is in accordance with the geographical conditions of each region.

Indonesia has a variety of energy potentials, according to the demographics of its respective regions. Pertamina will try to manage it optimally, so that it can accelerate the energy transition to clean energy," said Fadjar.

As a new renewable energy source, Pertamina has managed power plants that come from geothermal, steam, biogas from palm oil waste, and even solar power.

For densely occupied areas, Pertamina also utilizes a variety of low-carbon energy sources. Such as the flagship gas subholding program, namely jargas which is used for household needs, industry and transportation sectors. The use of gas for households is increasingly being activated in 2021 and until the end of 2023 Pertamina has built this network for 290,400 Home Connections.

In the transportation sector, Pertamina provides Gas Fuel Filling Stations (BBG) in various cities such as Jakarta, Bekasi, Bogor, Semarang, Palembang, Balikpapan, Subang, Prabumulih, Sukabumi, Purwakarta, Serang, Cilegon, Lampung, Batam, Surabaya, Gresik and Bandung. The total number of SPBG & MRU Pertamina Group is 72 filling stations.

"Pertamina carries gas as a low-emission transitional fuel and can be used to support the public transportation sector," added Fadjar.

Pertamina also continues to develop bioenergy fuels from vegetable, such as biodiesel, bioethanol, to bioavtur. In addition, it has also begun to develop hydrogen energy for electric vehicles, which will be part of the EV Charging Station ecosystem.

Various negative energy initiations for carbon are also strengthened, such as Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and NBS projects. On the other hand, facilitated by Pertamina New and Renewable Energy subholding, all Pertamina Group entities are actively running carbon trading on the Indonesia Stock Exchange carbon exchange.

"Pertamina NRE will become an aggregator market in this carbon trade, especially for the carbon potential of Pertamina Group. We also invite all state-owned and non-BUMN companies to be active in this carbon trade, to become an aggregator market for the needs of all parties, so that Indonesia's NZE target can be achieved more quickly," concluded Fadjar.