25/30

Indonesian government’s strong commitment for promoting clean, new and renewable energy has been reflected in the Vision 25/25 document. It calls for 25% New and Renewable Energy (NRE) sources to be provided in 2025. The government will achieve this vision by diversifying energy sources through various fiscal and non-fiscal incentives,as well rationalizing the energy use. While the later policy is seen as a quite difficult undertaking given the current low energy consumption per capita, the prospect for expanding the source for alternative energy has been enormous. The availability of vast array of energy choices is ranging from cleaning the coal to biofuel, from solar energy to shale oil. Despite the recent advances of enhance oil recovery, shale gas and oil in the US for example (US Energy Information Administration predict that by 2035 shale gas will have a share of 46%, as opposed to 1% in 2000 and 10% in 2010), the pursuit for renewable energy is gaining more support from the promoter of sustainable development. Indonesia’s commitment to unilaterally reduce its GHG emission by 26% in 2020 has again demonstrated its leadership on global search for more sustainable energy sources.