Selasa, 05 Agustus 2008

Experts doubt feasibility of govt goals to shift to renewable energy

By Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, 07/23/2008.

Experts doubt the government will be able to realize its plan to shift to renewable energy to reduce its dependency on depleting oil reserves and to deal with soaring global oil prices.

The 2006 presidential decree stipulates Indonesia to use, out of its total energy consumption, 5 percent biofuel, 5 percent geothermal, 5 percent biomass, nuclear, hydro, solar and wind, and 2 percent coal liquefaction by 2025.

"But there's no clear policy and road map on how to reach these targets. The commitment can't be implemented because the ministries are egocentric," Zuhal, who is also rector of the University of Al Azhar Indonesia, said.

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Sri Endah Agustina, deputy chairwoman of Indonesian Renewable Energy Society (METI), acknowledged the government's poor coordination to promote the use of renewable energy.

"It's just like a music concert without a conductor to control the performance. All players go at it on their own. Indonesia has lots of experts and renewable sources, but has no leadership to push the idea into reality," she said.

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