SEIZING THE POTENTIAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN INDONESIA

Abstract

The high dependency on fossil fuels, such as oil and coal, in fulfilling Indonesia’senergy consumption, has made Indonesia become a net oil importer country. Moreover,the recent global trend intends to lower the environmental impact due to carbon energy.In order to meet energy sustainability, these concerns have to be reduced throughdeveloping alternative sources of energy. Having renewable energy is currentlyconsidered as one strategy for Indonesia to meet its rapid economic growth. This paperendeavours to seek the possibility of the implementation of renewable energy inIndonesia. This article is going to argue that renewable energy could substitute the useof fossil fuels in two main ways, namely the economic factor and environmental issue.This essay will examine the reasonable concerns, which might encourage the utilizationof renewable energy as well as its barriers. Eventually, the paper will propose policyrecommendation regarding the establishment of green energy in Indonesia.