Indonesian Govt Prioritizes Renewable Energy Development
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Sabtu, 28 Maret 2015 06:30 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian government is focusing on the development of renewable energy and other alternative sources in the face of the depletion of its fossil-based fuel energy reserves.
In an effort to develop alternative sources and renewable energy, the government is turning its attention to developing, among other factors, solar energy and energy from processed urban wastes, industrial refuse, vegetables, and plantations.
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Sudirman Said has stated that the government will seriously implement its program to produce renewable energy from vegetables.
"The program to generate renewable energy from vegetables is one of our priorities. We hope the mandatory program can generate 1.57 million kiloliters of energy from vegetable wastes," the minister said recently.
According to Said, President Joko Widodo has put forth an idea for managing displaced land in Indonesia. "Displaced land should be made use of for the green diesel development program by opening energy plantations at those locations," he stated.
The minister further noted that extraordinary support will be needed from the government, private sector, and farmers to expedite the green diesel development program.
Besides exploring and implementing energy generation programs, the government has also issued a policy raising its mandatory biofuel mix of diesel from 10 percent (B10) to 15 percent (B15).
The B15 mandatory policy will be implemented by the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy from April 1, 2015.
"This is one of the fundamental changes that are implemented in the energy sector. The composition of the energy mix has gradually been shifted from dependence on fossil fuel to new and renewable sources of energy," Said remarked on Monday.
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