Country is exploring ways to keep consuming fossil fuel by using unproven capture technology
Even as Indonesia wins cautious praise from some green groups for ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions, the world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal shows no sign of weaning itself off the polluting fuel soon.
“We are phasing out coal power plants. But if you ask whether we’re closing down mines, we have the coal and there are other utilisation options,” said Dadan Kusdiana, the energy ministry’s head of renewable energy. It has touted DME as a replacement for imported liquefied petroleum gas and a feed stock for chemicals and fertiliser.
Coal power generation is Indonesia’s second-biggest emissions source after deforestation, contributing 35% of its 1,262 gigatonnes of COIndonesia consumes about 130-million tonnes of coal annually to fuel 60% of its 73 gigawatt electricity capacity, and exports about three times that amount.
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