23 Percent NRE in 2025 Energy Mix Is Difficult: Energy Minister

By Editorial Team 28/07/2021
Summary

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM0, Arifin Tasrif, is pessimistic that the new and renewable energy (NRE) mix will reach the 23 percent target by 2025. NRE only contributed 11.2 percent to the national energy mix last year, well below the government target in the next four years.

"We have a target [NRE mix] at 23 percent by 23 percent, and it's challenging because we are also suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic impact," he said at the Indonesia NRE Innovation Week event on Tuesday (7/27).

Nevertheless, Arifin said, there is still a lot of NRE potential in Indonesia that has not been developed, including the use of seawater as an energy source for ocean currents with 17.9 gigawatts (GW) potential. Currently, most NREs are hydro energy, geothermal energy, and bioenergy. Meanwhile, solar and wind energy still needs to be improved. "Solar energy that dominates our potential still has low utilization," he said.

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