Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia is optimistic about reachinga net zero emissions target by 2060 or sooner, a senior minister said after thegovernment submitted its updated nationally determined contributions (NDC) to the UnitedNations earlier this week.
The new net zero emissions target was at least a decadeearlier than the 2070 target, President Joko Widodo said in March.
While Indonesia maintained its goal to cut greenhouse gasemissions by 41 percent by 2030 with international assistance, the country hasupdated its adaptation measures and included a new long-term strategy for lowcarbon development in the document filed to the UN last week.
Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment AffairsLuhut Pandjaitan told a virtual seminar on July 27 he was optimistic that Indonesia,the world's eighth biggest greenhouse gas emitter, could reach net zeroemissions within 50 years.
In the energy sector, the government plans to stop usingcoal, oil and gas by 2060 and aims to have 85 percent of its energy needs fromrenewable sources and the rest from nuclear energy, according to a documentpresented by Luhut at the seminar.
Indonesia, the world's top thermal coal exporter, currentlysources 60 percent of its energy from coal.
Luhut said Indonesia was also looking into utilising energystorage and hydrogen fuel cell technology. A mega hydropower plant in NorthKalimantan is expected to start construction in October to support renewableenergy contribution, he added.
Last month, Indonesian Minister of Energy and MineralResources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif has revealed several long-term strategies forachieving the carbon neutral or net-zero emissions target in the energy sectorby 2060.
He said the target will be meet firstly through thedevelopment of massive new and renewable energy. The last steam power plants (PLTU)will be terminated in 2058 and gas and steam power plants (PLTGU) in 2054./.
The new net zero emissions target was at least a decadeearlier than the 2070 target, President Joko Widodo said in March.
While Indonesia maintained its goal to cut greenhouse gasemissions by 41 percent by 2030 with international assistance, the country hasupdated its adaptation measures and included a new long-term strategy for lowcarbon development in the document filed to the UN last week.
Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment AffairsLuhut Pandjaitan told a virtual seminar on July 27 he was optimistic that Indonesia,the world's eighth biggest greenhouse gas emitter, could reach net zeroemissions within 50 years.
In the energy sector, the government plans to stop usingcoal, oil and gas by 2060 and aims to have 85 percent of its energy needs fromrenewable sources and the rest from nuclear energy, according to a documentpresented by Luhut at the seminar.
Indonesia, the world's top thermal coal exporter, currentlysources 60 percent of its energy from coal.
Luhut said Indonesia was also looking into utilising energystorage and hydrogen fuel cell technology. A mega hydropower plant in NorthKalimantan is expected to start construction in October to support renewableenergy contribution, he added.
Last month, Indonesian Minister of Energy and MineralResources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif has revealed several long-term strategies forachieving the carbon neutral or net-zero emissions target in the energy sectorby 2060.
He said the target will be meet firstly through thedevelopment of massive new and renewable energy. The last steam power plants (PLTU)will be terminated in 2058 and gas and steam power plants (PLTGU) in 2054./.
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