JAKARTA - PT Industri Jamu Dan Pharmacy Sido Muncul (SIDO) is committed to continuing to support government policies in terms of the use of on-grid roof Solar Power Plants (PLTS). Director of Sido Muncul Irwan Hidayat believes that every policy taken by the government must have certain reasons.
"What am I doing by the government, I support it, surely the government has a reason," said Irwan, quoted on Saturday, November 29.
Irwan responded to the on-grid PLTS issue, because according to him there was a misinterpretation of the Sido news Muncul Criticism of the New ESDM Rules, which was published in one of the online media. The article is an excerpt from a discussion activity held by IESR (Institute for Essential Services Reform) on Wednesday, November 26, in Semarang.
On this occasion, Sido Muncul was represented by Iwan Setyo Nugroho (Manager Energi) explaining the process of using EBT from the start including strategies, achievements, and obstacles in its implementation. IESR explained that the potential for using roof PLTS, ESDM explained that the target of the EBT mix in Central Java was not achieved.
Irwan ensured that his party had never criticized the policies carried out by the government.
"For what do we criticize government policies, the government is trying its best," he said.
Irwan Hidayat said, at his presentation, Iwan Setyo Nugroho was more about explaining stories about the use of energy in Sido Muncul.
"So in that presentation we did not criticize. We only said that if the PLTS incentives lost the incentives, not many people would invest. But once again it's not criticizing, it's exposure," said Irwan.
In the question and answer session, when asked about incentives for industries that implement renewable energy, Iwan Nugroho replied that so far the incentives provided by the government are still limited to appreciation. However, from the industry's point of view regarding roof PLTS, Sido Muncul appreciated the government's policy regarding the lifting of the roof PLTS percentage restriction, from 15% to based on quota through ESDM candy no. 2 of 2024.
Even Sido Muncul plans to increase the capacity of the roof PLTS by about 1 Mega Watt again because it has become a commitment from the top management of Sido Muncul to use as much renewable energy as possible if possible 100 percent.
"Currently, our renewable energy position is 91 percent, so it's only 9 percent left," said Irwan Hidayat.
On this occasion, Irwan Hidayat also explained regarding the progress of using the Sido Muncul energy mix in the last three years. In 2023, Sido Muncul has used 60.57 percent of biomass energy, 23.75 percent of PLN electricity, 2.17 percent of solar electricity, 11.09 percent of CNG gas and solar oil 2.42 percent.
Then in 2023, biomass energy reached 60.40 percent, PLN LIsrik 24.87 percent, CNG 9.78 percent gas, solar electricity 3.43 percent and solar oil 1.51 percent. And by 2024, the use of biomass has reached 61.23 percent, PLN electricity 23.46 percent, CNG gas 7.48 percent, solar electricity 4.03 percent and diesel oil 1.63 percent.
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"So for EBT in 2024 we have reached 91 percent, an increase from 2023 which reached 89 percent. The target is that we can achieve 100 percent EBT," added Irwan.
The biomass cycle applied in Sido Muncul begins with the waste of the extraction process and organic waste in the factory area covering an area of 39 hectares (ha) is used as a boillary fuel. The resulting Steam is used for the production process and the chiller absorption.Steam produced by the biomass boillary is used for the production process, to cook products, heat products and also for use in chiller absorption. The cold water from the chiller is used for cooling production rooms that almost all use AC.
"We have implemented zero waste, so there is no waste. All our herbal waste is magic to energy," concluded Irwan.
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