Jokowi’s green energy promise gets thumbs up

Clean and sustainable: A man checking solar panels that power a naval base in Riau Islands. The government has promised to use renewable energy for its new capital city in East Kalimantan. — The Jakarta Post/ANN

Jakarta: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s promise to use renewable energy to meet the electricity needs of the new capital city in East Kalimantan has received strong support from green energy advocates.

Indonesian Renewable Energy Society (METI), a green energy think-tank based in Jakarta, said East Kalimantan had enough renewable energy resources to meet the electricity needs of the new capital city, which will occupy parts of North Penajam Paser regency and Kutai Kertanegara regency.