Accelerate NZE, PLN Hold Electric Vehicles For State Palace Operations

PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo (left). (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - PT PLN (Persero) submitted a new renewable energy certificate (REC) to support the use of environmentally friendly electricity at the five Presidential Palaces, namely, the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Bogor, Yogyakarta, Cipanas, and Tampaksiring.

On the same occasion, PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo also provided support for electric vehicles for the smooth operational activities of the Presidential Palace. There are 11 units of electric motors and 9 units of electric pickup motorcycles.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono welcomed PLN's steps in this regard.

Heru said, by using electric vehicles, the State Palace is also able to set an example and participate in campaigning for a cleaner use of energy.

"This is a symbol, we make changes and of course saving energy, environmentally friendly energy. I thank you. Hopefully others can follow, help accelerate the adaptation of support in climate change that we must be aware of," said Heru in an official statement, Wednesday, September 7.

Darmawan explained that the delivery of electric vehicles as operational vehicles at the Palace is also one of the steps taken by PLN in facilitating electric vehicles.

With the use of electric vehicles, operations at the Palace are more efficient and environmentally friendly.

"On this occasion, we also want to invite the palace to also use electric vehicles. With a shift in imported and dirty fuel transportation, electricity-based transportation is replaced. This can save up to 50 percent," said Darmawan.

PLN noted that it has provided REC for electricity equivalent to 620,378 megawatt hour (MWh) until July 2022.

This figure is up from the realization at the end of 2021 which reached 308,201 MWh. Currently, 186 industrial and business customers have been used by REC.

REC is an instrument that represents the renewable attributes of each electric MWh produced by renewable energy generation. One REC unit represents one MWh.

"In the past, companies had to buy REC certificates abroad. For that we built domestic REC products but they were still recognized internationally," explained Darmawan.

The REC provided by PLN proves that the energy used by customers comes from an EBT-based power plant verified by the international tracking system, APX TIGRs located in California, USA.

Thus, each REC can be accounted for, of high quality, and meets international standards.