Open AccessThe Role of Renewable Energy to Reduce Climate Change: Perspective of Policy Content and Context
Author(s) -
Anggraeni Respitawulan,
Agus Rahayu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/328/1/012005
Subject(s) - renewable energy , energy policy , environmental impact of the energy industry , natural resource economics , greenhouse gas , environmental economics , fossil fuel , diversification (marketing strategy) , energy subsidies , context (archaeology) , feed in tariff , climate change mitigation , subsidy , energy development , business , economics , engineering , waste management , geography , ecology , market economy , marketing , archaeology , electrical engineering , biology
Energy needs have increased each year along with economic growth and increasing population number. Indonesia still relies on fossil fuels as an energy source that dominates the national energy mix. Fossil energy has an impact on greenhouse gas emissions that threatens climate change. The role of the government through energy diversification policies has not provided maximum contribution to fulfil energy needs. This study aims to analyze the policy of developing renewable energy in reducing greenhouse gas emissions based on content and context policy, using qualitative method to explain and describe implementation of the renewable energy policy. Data were derived from primary and secondary sources which are conducted in the period of October – December 2018. The result shows that there were several factors from the content and context of policy that have a significant correlation in the renewable energy policy implementation. The political environment has a role in the implementation of policy content related to the benefits that will be perceived by the community. Other policies that influence renewable energy consumption like fuel and electricity subsidy and allocation of resources are needed to implement the policy.