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PT Bukit Asam to build
up to 600 MW of solar
INDONESIA INDONESIAN coal miner PT Bukit Asam is to don’t think there will be any problem,” Suryo
build three solar power projects at former coal said.
mines as part of its move into renewable energy. He said that Bukit Asam had at its disposal
State-controlled Bukit Asam said it had allo- more than 2,000 hectares of former mining land
cated land in West Sumatra, South Sumatra and where it could build solar plants.
East Kalimantan provinces where it will build up The government wants by 2025 to double
to 200 MW at each of the three sites, said chief Indonesia’s share of renewables, which stood at
executive Suryo Eko Hadianto, Reuters reported. just 5%, or 12% including hydro, in 2018, accord-
Indonesia has set a target of reaching net-zero ing to the 2019 BP Statistical Review of Energy.
emissions by 2060, which will require a major Gas accounts for a further 26% of the country’s
shift away from coal power by the world’s biggest 60,000 MW of capacity.
exporter of thermal coal. Indonesia’s government aims to have 23%
“At the moment, we are in discussion with of energy coming from renewable sources by
Perusahaan Listrik Negara (state power com- 2025, up from around 9% in July, but progress
pany) for these solar power plants to be inde- on renewable projects has been slow.
pendent power producers [IPPs] for the utility,” The country has an over 400-GW potential
Suryo told a virtual media briefing. capacity for renewable sources such as hydro-
While he did not disclose details on the power, solar and geothermal, but only around
investment size, Suryo said he was not concerned 2.5% has been utilised, according to government
about securing financing for the projects. data. The government wants to achieve net zero
“Funding for renewable power is very open by 2045.
right now in the global financial market, so we
HYDROGEN
IRENA, Hydrogen Council
to scale up hydrogen
GLOBAL HYDROGEN producers are to harness the The deal forges a major new model collab-
energy expertise of the International Renewa- oration between the two organisations, which
ble Energy Agency (IRENA) in a bid to develop are keen to combine IRENA’s renewable energy
green production and to make a significant con- expertise with the Hydrogen Council’s network
tribution to global net-zero goals. of 120 member companies across the entire
The Hydrogen Council, which represents hydrogen value chain.
CEOs of hydrogen companies, and IRENA have “IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook
signed a partnership agreement to exchange makes it clear that we have to urgently step-up
knowledge, best practice and data. action on all fronts of the energy transition to
The two will concentrate on the costs and vol- achieve our climate and sustainable develop-
umes of electrolysers, policy frameworks, market ment goals. Green hydrogen is a critical pillar
design, certification systems and technical and for decarbonising energy systems. With today’s
safety standards. agreement we will significantly increase knowl-
The agreement also calls for the two partners edge exchange and international co-operation
to work towards achieving the aims of IRENA’s and co-ordinated action in this space,” said La
Collaborative Framework on Green Hydrogen. Camera.
The framework brings together public, pri- According to the Hydrogen Council, total
vate, intergovernmental and non-governmen- investment in hydrogen projects and along the
tal actors to support and accelerate the global whole value chain currently amounts to an esti-
energy transformation in relevant areas such as mated $500bn until 2030.
green hydrogen. A total of 131 large-scale hydrogen projects
The deal was signed by Francesco La Camera, have been unveiled since February 2021, taking
director-general of IRENA, and Daryl Wilson, the global total to 359 projects.
executive director of the Hydrogen Council.
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