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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Kartini Laras Makmur, Andin Aditya Rahman
In the past few years, fuel imports have put major pressure on Indonesia’s economy. Around 26 percent of Indonesia’s total imports are goods related to fuel and motor vehicles with an annual cost of IDR 300 trillion.
To overcome this problem, Rida Mulyana, Director General of New Energy, Renewable and Energy Conservation, explained that the government is currently formulating a strategy to revive the energy sector.
The first step is to look for new oil and gas resources. However, the problem in this step is that sea exploration needs advanced technology and considerable amount of investments. He admitted that exploration in the eastern part of Indonesia is yet to be optimal caused by lack of infrastructure and unfriendly natural conditions.
“The second step is reducing the dependency of imports from neighboring countries,” said Rida in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The third step, continued Rida, is to replace petrol with gas fuels. Finally, the fourth step is to replace existing power plants with solar power plants, which will reduce the dependency of domestic power plants of diesel fuel imports.
Eni Sri Hartati, Director of Institute for Development of Economics and Finance, perceived that many energy conservation programs from the Government are not showing signs of any success.
The simplest reason, stated Eni, is the non-existence of a budget for energy conservation, which shows that energy conservation is nothing but talks between government institutions without concrete plans for implementation in the future.
“If there isn’t a budget allocation, it means nothing is concrete,” she concluded.
(hot/ks)
Kartini Laras Makmur, Andin Aditya Rahman
In the past few years, fuel imports have put major pressure on Indonesia’s economy. Around 26 percent of Indonesia’s total imports are goods related to fuel and motor vehicles with an annual cost of IDR 300 trillion.
To overcome this problem, Rida Mulyana, Director General of New Energy, Renewable and Energy Conservation, explained that the government is currently formulating a strategy to revive the energy sector.
The first step is to look for new oil and gas resources. However, the problem in this step is that sea exploration needs advanced technology and considerable amount of investments. He admitted that exploration in the eastern part of Indonesia is yet to be optimal caused by lack of infrastructure and unfriendly natural conditions.
“The second step is reducing the dependency of imports from neighboring countries,” said Rida in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The third step, continued Rida, is to replace petrol with gas fuels. Finally, the fourth step is to replace existing power plants with solar power plants, which will reduce the dependency of domestic power plants of diesel fuel imports.
Eni Sri Hartati, Director of Institute for Development of Economics and Finance, perceived that many energy conservation programs from the Government are not showing signs of any success.
The simplest reason, stated Eni, is the non-existence of a budget for energy conservation, which shows that energy conservation is nothing but talks between government institutions without concrete plans for implementation in the future.
“If there isn’t a budget allocation, it means nothing is concrete,” she concluded.
(hot/ks)