Indonesia's biomass consumption target in 2024 nearly triples

Smoke and steam billows from the coal-fired power plant owned by Indonesia Power, next to an area for Java 9 and 10 Coal-Fired Steam Power Plant Project in Suralaya, Banten province, Indonesia, July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/ File photo

JAKARTA: Indonesia aims to triple its biomass consumption in power generation to 2.83 million metric tons in 2024, from 991,000 tons consumed last year in an effort to cut its emissions, an energy ministry official said on Thursday.

In the world's biggest thermal coal producer Indonesia, the fossil fuel accounted for 67% of the energy mix in power generation in 2023, putting the country among the world's top carbon emitters.