JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia revealed that until now European countries are still importing coal from Indonesia. In fact, he said, the European Union still has a coal import contract with a span of 20 years.
"Now Europe is said to not use coal. Ah, how come Indonesia's contract is 20 years old," he said, Tuesday, May 27.
Bahlil admitted that he was embarrassed by coal which was considered dirty by the western country which was echoing the energy transition. In fact, he said, many western countries still use coal as a power plant.
"Sometimes we shouldn't be too arrogant like we are more great than the G7 country," he continued.
Bahlil also mentioned that the United States, which left the Paris Agreement or Paris Agreement, was one of the initiators.
"America is one of the countries that initiated the Paris Agreement to use new and renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions. It's out," Bahlil continued.
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Furthermore, the General Chairperson of the Golkar party said that currently 50 percent of the world's coal supply comes from Indonesia. Meanwhile, global coal consumption reaches 8.9 billion tons and the number of coal traded reaches 1.3 billion tons per year. Meanwhile, Indonesia's coal exports reach 600 million to 650 million tons per year.
"So we are almost 50 percent of the world's coal supply against coal circulating from Indonesia," said Bahlil.
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