Indonesia, UK cooperate on renewable energy development
Thursday, July 30 2020 - 11:31 PM WIB
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry (MEMR) and the UK government has jointly launched a partnership program, called 'Mentari' to develop low-carbon energy resources as a move to support the environmentally friendly economic recovery in Indonesia.
The program was launched on July 30, 2020.
Through the program, both countries will cooperate in drafting regulatory frameworks in order to stimulate investment in renewable energy in Indonesia.
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The MEMR said Indonesia has the potentiality to develop 442 GW of renewable energy-based power plants in the country, which is 6.5 times the capacity of the country's power plant capacity. At present, Indonesia only taps 2.5 percent of the country's renewable energy potential capacity.
The program is also an effort of the Indonesian government to increase the contribution of renewable energy in the national energy mix to 23 percent in 2025.
Editing by Roffie Kurniawan