Jakarta, Dec 28 (Antara) - Indonesia has begun to develop and encourage
the use of biofuel for transportation, including aviation, in an effort
to promote renewable energy and reduce the impact of climate change and
greenhouse gasses.
For the development and use of renewable energy in the transportation
sector, two ministries have established cooperation to develop and use
biodiesel for aircraft and for other types of transportation.
The two ministries involved in the utilization of renewable energy in
the transportation sector are the Ministry of Transportation and the
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
"The initiative to utilize biodiesel for aircraft and renewable energy
use is part of the government efforts to carry out its commitment to
maintain the environment," Transportation Minister Evert Erenst
Mangindaan said on Friday.
The government, through Presidential Decree No. 61/2011 and
Presidential Decree No. 71/2011, has provided a legal basis for
ministries and institutions to participate in development in the energy
sector.
Therefore, Minister Mangindaan is encouraging the utilization of
renewable energy in the transportation sector, expressing hope that it
will boost the development of up-and-downstream transportation
industries.
"The utilization of biodiesel as a renewable energy in the
transportation sector will also drive the development of local content
industries. It will promote research technology applications on the
development of upstream and downstream production and distribution," the
minister said on Friday.
He added that the development and use of renewable energy in the
transportation sector would increase job opportunities and open new
economic activities.
Further, he said, all stakeholders needs
to reinforce institutional software systems, regulations, human resource
capacities, business processes and modern governance.
Mangindaan said the Ministry of Transportation had also cooperated with
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which has
encouraged Indonesia to become the first country to lay down the legal
basis for the use of biodiesel as fuel for aviation. Indonesia has set a
renewable energy mix target of two percent in 2016, three percent in
2020 and five percent in 2025.
During
the G20 meeting, the Indonesian government pledged to cut its
greenhouse emissions by 26 percent in 2020 through its own efforts and
by 41 percent with international support.
He said that, in line with the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization, the
government had laid down a strategic framework in the handling of the
impact of climate change and greenhouse emissions.
The strategies included the development of mobile facility designs,
technologies, efficient energy and fuel consumption facilities, air
traffic management and fuel efficient shipping.
The minister said it was a challenge for the country to create a
successful program. It needs to be supported with positive attitudes and
professional work by national and international individuals, groups and
resources.
"I need to remind us all that the international community in the
aviation field continues monitoring our endeavor, hoping that Indonesia
will become a role model for the utilization of global aviation biofuel
and renewable energy," the minister said.
Further,
the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources has issued ministerial decrees to accelerate the reduction of
greenhouse emissions and to conserve energy based upon the government's
target to achieve a five percent renewable energy mix in 2025.
According
to Mangindaan, the cooperation is being carried as part of the
framework of global and national strategies and polices in the fight
against the impact of climate change and in mitigating greenhouse
effects as put forward by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during an
earlier G20 meeting.
Chief
of the National Council for Climate Change (DNPi) Rachmat Witoelar said
Indonesia remained committed to lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 26
percent by 2020 through its own efforts, and by 41 percent with
international assistance
"Moreover, our forestry sector has
significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions," he said, when
announcing the results of the 19th Conference of Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 19 UNFCCC) in
Warsaw, Poland, recently.
Rachmat, who is also former environment minister, said Indonesia had
appealed to both developed and developing nations to participate in
combating climate change by committing themselves to reducing greenhouse
gas emissions.
Earlier, Public Works Deputy Minister Hermanto Dardak said green
infrastructure must become an important aspect of development in
Indonesia in the future, particularly because of the urgency of handling
the impact of greenhouse emissions on the global environment.
"Green infrastructure must become an important aspect. In the future,
infrastructure must be energy efficient, sustainable and eco-friendly,"
he said.
He added that the polices taken by the government would now determine
the use of resources in the future. The same is true for investment
polices, since they would have an impact in the future.
"Sustainable and environmentally friendly infrastructure should be an
important aspect in development," Hermanto said, in a written statement
made available to Antara.
Therefore, he expressed his hope that policies made by the government
should be focused on people-oriented green infrastructures.
In the meantime, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik said
Indonesia had abundant renewable resources which had not yet been
exploited and used to their fullest. "As an example, geothermal power
has potential reserves of 30,000 megawatts, but only about 1,300
megawatts have been used," Wacik said, while addressing the "Bali Energy
Charter Conference" in Kuta, Bali, last September.
Wacik noted that other renewable energy supplies Indonesia possesses
includes biomass, reaching 50,000 megawatts, though only 1,600 megawatts
had been used. It also has wind energy, with a potential of 9,300
megawatts, and only 2 megawatts have been used, hydro-energy with a
potential of 70,000 megawatts and solar energy of 23 megawatts.***3***
(T.A014/INE/H-YH)
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