JAKARTA – Pemerintah melalui Direktorat Jenderal Ketenagalistrikan Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) mencatat realisasi pembangunan infrastruktur transimisi listrik sepanjang tahun 2023 hanya mencapai 2.806,2 kms atau 79,73% dari target 3.519,5 kms. Jisman P. Hutajulu, Dirjen Ketenagalistrikan, menyatakan transmisi sangat penting karena jika disekitar itu ada potensi-potensi misalnya PLTA dan lainnya banyak, percuma kalau tidak bisa dievakuasi dayanya. Dia menuturkan memang pembangunan transmisi perlu ada dorongan dari negara. “Kami pikir transmisi apakah ada dorongan bicara kan dng kemenkeu, apakah investasinya? Memang transmisi kurang komersil. Karena mana bisa bangun PLTA kalau …

Summary The Indonesian government aims to establish its inaugural nuclear power plant (PLTN) on Gelasa Island, Bangka Belitung, by 2032. The 500-megawatt PLTN, developed by PT ThorCon Power Indonesia, represents a significant milestone in Indonesia’s energy infrastructure. Prahoro Nurtjahjo, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s Head of the Human Resources Development Agency, emphasized the necessity of preparing both technology and the operators’ competencies to run the nuclear power plant. Prahoro said the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has implemented several strategic initiatives, including forging collaborations with the International Atomic Energy …

The government has not done enough to turn dreams for renewable into reality, or perhaps it never the will to make it happen in the first place. It is a disappointment to learn the government has chosen to abandon the 23 percent renewable target in the national energy mix that it was supposed to achieve by 2025. When President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo signs the draft regulation, Indonesia will have its target slashed to 17 percent or a tad higher for the same period. This will leave Indonesia behind other entities …

State-owned electricity company PLN is considering shutting down the Suralaya 3 and 4 power plants as part of its coal phase-down plan.    …