Indonesia looks to UAE for cheaper renewable energy

Indonesia looks to UAE for cheaper renewable energy

Indonesia is looking to major oil exporter United Arab Emirates to try to
push down its feed-in-tariff for renewable energy, which many deem too high
in the archipelagic country.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan said Indonesia should
also be able to reduce the high prices in the sector in order to encourage
further development, especially in remote regions.

"Many of my friends who work in the renewable energy sector ask whether or
not incentives should be offered. I personally don't think so. What is
needed is enthusiasm for efficiency," he said during the opening of the
Indonesia Energy Roadmap seminar in Central Jakarta on Wednesday.

"I went to Abu Dhabi last week and saw that, for example, solar power plants
there sold electricity for a mere 2.99 US cents per kilowatt-hour [kWh],
which is a very serious thing to consider," he added.

Although the UAE is known for its vast oil reserves, it recently revealed
that it was investing $163 billion in clean energy projects to fulfil half
the country's energy needs by 2030.

Jonan acknowledged that the characteristics between Indonesia and the UAE
were different as "their solar radiation is 30 percent higher than ours".
However, he said if Indonesia studied the UAE closely, it might be able to
push the renewable energy feed-in-tariff to around 6 cents per kWh, rather
than 17 cents.

The government has set a goal to supply 23 percent of the national energy
mix from renewable sources by 2025.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

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