Ganjar Pranowo Gagas For Energy Transition Cooperation Between Central Java And Norway

Ganjar Pranowo and the Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia, Rut Kalimantan Giverin. (IST)

Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia, Rutwis Giverin met with Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo at the Puri Gedeh Service House, Thursday, February 16. The two talked about the country's challenges, to the potential for cooperation in terms of energy transition.

The Ambassador, who is familiarly called Rut, said he was happy when he met Ganjar. According to him, he had been waiting for this meeting for a long time. Rut felt close because he often participated in Ganjar's activities through his social media.

"I join your social media, I see you are very active. Care and care about things like pesantren, markets, children. Very interesting," said Rut.

Rut thanked Ganjar Pranowo for taking the time to meet. For him this is an extraordinary opportunity and Rut sees a lot of potential cooperation that can be done.

"This is my extraordinary opportunity to meet directly with the Governor, know and understand the challenges and visions of the Governor in Central Java," he said.

In her chat, Rut expressed his concern about the coaltal area in Central Java. Rut saw that the sea in Central Java, especially in Semarang City, did not have adequate coastal facilities.

Rut also assessed that Central Java was able to start the energy transition. For this reason, continued Rut, in Norway there are many companies and technology that can be applied.

There are many opportunities for Norwegian companies here to be able to help or have very interesting technology applied here, for example solar in the sea. Because Norway has a lot of experience in installation technology at sea, said Rut.

"I think we have to work together to overcome this challenge," he said.

Met after the meeting, Governor Ganjar Pranowo said Central Java was ready to explore cooperation in the field of energy transition. The former member of the DPR RI believes Norway has experience about this.

"Today we met to explore cooperation between Indonesia and Norway, especially in Central Java," said Ganjar.

In addition to the energy transition, Ganjar is also open to cooperation in the environmental improvement sector in coastal areas, mangroves to waste management.

"Norway has experience and technology. We will try to develop it, hopefully, this will be a good cooperation in the future," he said.

To note, previously Ganjar Pranowo also received the South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia, Lee Sang Deok, on Tuesday, February 14 at his official residence.

On that occasion, Ambassador Lee asked for the support of Governor Ganjar in the development of South Korean factories in the Batang Integrated Industrial Zone, namely KCC Glass.

In addition, Ambassador Lee also invited Ganjar Pranowo to visit South Korea to see the Central Java Sister Province, namely Chungcheongbuk-do.