Jakarta, Jan 10 (Antara) - The government has been successful in achieving and exceeding its renewable energy mix target in 2017 after it failed to reach the environment-friendly energy target in 2015 and 2016.
The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry said the realization of the new and renewable energy (EBT) mix program exceeded the target set in the revised state budget in 2017.
Public Information and Cooperation Service Head of the ESDM Agung Pribadi said in Jakarta on Sunday (Jan 7) that the increase in the energy mix production took place not only with the power plants developed by state-owned power company PLN but also with plants built by independent power producers (IPP).
"The realization of the EBT energy mix produced by power plants until November 2017 reached 12.52 percent, exceeding the target set in the Revised 2017 State Budget (APBNP) 11.96 percent. The main portion of the increase came from the hydro power plants (PLTA) and geothermal plants (PLTP)," he said.
In 2016, the government set renewable energy mix target at 10.4 percent but it only achieved 7.7 percent of renewable energy portion.
The success to achieve the target is a good indication that the government could achieve its target to reach renewable energy mix of 23 percent by 20125.
Moreover, the government's energy mix target has, so far, not been achieved, as in 2015, it had reached only five percent, and in 2016, it was seven percent. Due to the failure, the government has entrusted the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Kemristekdikti) the responsibility of encouraging its research and development center to conduct further studies on renewable energy sources, including Geothermal Electricity Generator technology.
Indonesia's energy development vision in future lays emphasis on the use of new and renewable energy. In 2015, the national energy mix had comprised 39 percent oil, 22 percent gas, 29 percent coal, and 10 percent new and renewable energy.
Indonesia is planning to achieve an energy mix of 25 percent oil, 22 percent gas, 30 percent coal, and 23 percent new and renewable energy in 2025.
In 2050, the energy mix will comprise 20 percent oil, 24 percent gas, 25 percent coal, and 31 percent new and renewable energy. The government admitted that it was not easy to achieve the target.
The targets seem to be very difficult to achieve owing to the fact that until recently, the has only achieved about 8 to 9 percent. Seeing the performance, it could probably only achieve 12 to 13 percent in in 2019.
However, Indonesia is resolved to reduce its use of conventional fossil fuels and continues to promote new and renewable sources of energy and increase share of renewables in its energy mix to 23 percent by 2025.
"Indonesia is resolved to increasing its energy mix to 23 percent in 2025 in line with its commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions it had made during the COP 21 conference in Paris in 2015," Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Iganasius Jonan stated early last year. Indonesia has planned to reduce its emissions by 26 percent by 2020 and 29 percent by 2030.
Therefore, the government through the Kemristekdikti continues to make efforts and increases research to find new renewable sources. New energy technology is developed to support the 23 percent energy mix target is to encourage the development of solar power plants. The problem is not only about how to produce solar cells but also how to store its energy.
The ministry developed ways to source electricity produced by energy cells in residential areas through an on-grid system of the state-owned electricity company PLN, so that houses can buy it again during night time.
This method is used to avoid the expensive off-grid storage system, where solar cells require a battery to store energy.
The government through Research, Technology and High Education M. Nasir has shed light on the development of power generators that harness the energy of sea waves. This will be developed in Adonara, East Nusa Tenggara, in cooperation with the Netherlands and in Maluku in cooperation with Germany.
"We will conduct joint studies with them there. If we can already develop the technology, then the cooperation will be carried out with the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT). We will try to produce turbines," Minister Nasir noted last year.
The main goal of encouraging research on renewable energy technology is to increase the local components used in producing geothermal power generators. So far, the local components have reached 64.5 percent. This percentage will continue to be increased through research and development activities. Thus, more renewable energy will be produced, and the 23 percent energy mix target can be achieved.
The use of diverse sources of energy should continue to be promoted to support the development of electricity and transportation, though the prices should be within the purchasing power of the people.
The purchasing power of the people will remain the main focus of the government in the electricity sector. The minister lauded PLN's efforts to offer electricity at economical rates. However, one needs to understand that not all forms of basic energy can be used or produced efficiently in all locations.
Solar or wind energy can be used by steam power plants in South Sumatra, for instance, as long as they are able to generate electricity at competitive costs.
The target in 2017 eventually was achieved.
Public Information and Cooperation Service Head of the ESDM Agung Pribadi said the 12.52 percent share of the renewable mix consists of five percent from geothermal power plants of five percent, 7.27 percent hydroelectric power plants and other 0.25 percent from other renewable energies.
According to Pribadi, the PLTP production until November 2017 reached 11,560 Giga Watt hour (GWh), while in 2016 10,656 GWh. In addition to PLTP, he continued, PLTA's electricity production is also quite good, reaching 16,793 GWh with details of 11,154 GWh by PLN and the remaining 5,639 GWh by IPP.
Meanwhile, the production of other renewable energy power plants accounted for 579 GWh. The government is continuously committed to improving the EBT mix for power generation.
Throughout 2017, according to him, as many as 68 renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPA) were signed with a total capacity of about 1.2 Giga Watts. "We continue to push the development of efficient and environmentally friendly EBT energy. We are sure that the 68 PPA on renewable energy in 2017, will enter the phase of construction as soon as possible," said Pribadi. ***1*** (A014/b003/B003)(T.A014/A/BESSR/Bustanuddin) 11-01-2018 00:57:5 |
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