Spotlight On Indonesia's Energy Transition – COP29 To Net Zero 2060

As delegates from the Indonesian government were in Azerbaijan making headline grabbing announcements at COP29, Baker Botts was pleased to host an evening seminar in Jakarta on 13 November 2024 with a panel of experts sharing key insights into Indonesia's energy transition initiatives as we look forward. We were lucky to hear from Pak Bayu Satria Pratama of PLN EPI, Ibu Dr. Belladonna Maulianda, P.Eng of Indonesia CCS Center and Pak Femi Sastrena of Medco Power Indonesia - giving us a spread of state-owned entity, non-governmental institute and private sector perspectives.

Indonesia has a long-term goal of achieving net zero by 2060.The country has a number of pathways to doing so and at COP29 the centrality of renewables was made clear: the Indonesian delegation announcing plans to add 100GW of power over the next 15 years, 75GW of which will be from renewable sources. The ambitious target can be put in context by reference to Indonesia's current total installed