Hydrogen Vehicle Roadmap Still Waiting For Regulation

Hydrogen illustration (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Roadmaps related to hydrogen-based transportation require more in-depth discussion. This is because it is still constrained by regulations and incentives.

The Director General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Eniya Listiani Dewi, said that the Draft Law on New Energy and Renewable Energy (EBET) is still the highest buffer for providing incentives that have not yet been discussed further.

"So, basically that makes us stagnate because there is no regulation," said Eniya Listiani quoting Antara.

According to him, in the EBET Bill there is one article that emphasizes that actors or business entities that carry out climate mitigation or have emission reduction activities will receive incentives via carbon emissions.

"There is nothing to divert, for example, divert incentives from fossils to renewable ones. Now, later when there is a legal basis, we will try to do the model," he said.

He said that it was not only constrained by regulations and incentives that were the obstacle to the existence of hydrogen-based vehicles, but also prices were still a separate reason for the circulation of hydrogen vehicles in the country.

According to him, Japan, which is currently starting to market hydrogen-based vehicles, sells these vehicles at a fairly affordable price, namely 1.7 million Yen or equivalent to Rp180,908,900.

So, if Indonesia enters the phase of hydrogen vehicles and many automotive manufacturers play and produce these vehicles locally. Of course, the price of these vehicles becomes more affordable.

For now, Indonesia already has two locations for the Bahar Hydrogen Material Filling Station (SPBH) located in Senayan, South Jakarta and also Karawang, West Java.

Thus, the presence of these two SPBHs is a stimulus for the development of hydrogen-type vehicles in Indonesia.