How Will Indonesia’s JETP Move The Country Beyond Coal?
The Just Energy Transition Partnership for Indonesia announced last year – with more details due in mid-2023 – targets coal-fired power plants. Nithin Coca reports on how it will, and will not, change the country’s energy system. Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country and fifth-largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter, is crucial to the success of the Paris Agreement and any attempt to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. However, as a developing country still highly dependent on natural resources and fossil fuels, it has long been clear that it will not decarbonise without significant international support. That is
Traction Energy Asia Launches SIPP Awards Program
Traction Energy Asia’s SIPP Awards was featured in this article by Tempo.co. Read more here.
Stakeholders Warn that the Biodiesel Program is Prone to Palm Oil Expansion
Traction Energy Asia was quoted by Mongabay Indonesia in this article. Read more.
Indonesia Needs to Seek Out Alternative Sources for Biofuel
The country has abundant resources of biomass, a great potential source of renewable energy. If the Indonesian government is to meet its self-appointed targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in response to climate change, the development and utilization of bioenergy looms as an important part of its strategy. Indonesia has abundant resources of biomass. Indeed, many of the forms of biomass that can be used to generate bioenergy, such as food crops, forest residues, urban waste, and algae, among others, are present in the country in considerable quantities. As a result, Indonesia is now the world’s third-biggest
BPDPKS ready to involve farmers in biodiesel supply chain
ANTARA quotes Ricky Amukti from Traction Energy Asia as saying that placing independent oil palm smallholders in the biodiesel supply chain is very possible. Read the article here.
Biodiesel Program, Could it be Momentum to Improve Palm Oil Supply Chain?
Mongabay Indonesia quotes Ricky Amukti, Research Manager of Traction Energy Asia, who stated that the biodiesel policy is a momentum to improve the palm oil supply chain by involving independent smallholders. Read more here.
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources: Used Cooking Oil for Biodiesel Saves 35 Percent Cost
Traction Energy Asia is quoted as saying that the use of biodiesel from used cooking oil will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide gas emissions. Read the Warta Ekonomi news here.
