Energy uprising: Greenpeace Indonesia activists taking action at sea in front of the Muara Karang gas-fired power plant, protesting against the inconsistency of national energy policies and calling for an end to dependence on fossil fuels, in Jakarta. — AFP
THE nation’s plan to retire 6.7 gigawatts of coal-fired power plant capacity by 2030 to fight climate change is at risk of failure due to stalled disbursal of funding from rich countries, Indonesia’s top official overseeing the programme said.
A coalition of 10 donor nations called the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) promised in 2022 to raise US$20bil within three to five years for Indonesia, once described as the ‘single-largest climate finance transaction’. Funds to retire plants representing 13.5% of the country’s coal-fired power capacity were to be included in the sum.
