Open AccessNuclear energy contribution potential to secure electricity demand with low carbon emission and low risk of power plant in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Sidik Permana,
Nuri Trianti,
Adi Rahmansyah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/753/1/012048
Subject(s) - renewable energy , cost of electricity by source , nuclear power , electricity generation , energy subsidies , energy development , environmental economics , natural resource economics , feed in tariff , energy source , nuclear power plant , electricity , energy supply , business , power station , energy policy , environmental science , engineering , economics , energy (signal processing) , power (physics) , electrical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics
The Government of Indonesia has shifted the paradigm to envisage energy as capital to develop the country. By far, the electricity produced from the power plant, which reaches 283.8 TWh in 2018, mostly originated from coal-fired power plants (56.4%). The remains produced by gas power plant (20.2%), diesel (6.3%), and renewable energy (17.1%). In National Energy General Plan, it stated that the new and renewable energy should be utilized at least 23% by 2025 and 31% by 2050. The NRE potential which Indonesia has is around 431,745 MW. However, the installed capacity was only around 6,830 MW. Despite the large NRE potential, only a small portion of the capacity which already utilized for electricity production. In the 2014 National Energy Policy (KEN), the government-mandated five policy points regarding priority directions for national energy development, including nuclear as a last resort. Nuclear is one of the environmentally friendly energy sources and has considerable power potential, which can contribute 25% of total energy supply based on capacity factor and based load power plant approaches and synergy with other new and renewable energy resources for about 70% contribution from the total electricity supply. Nuclear energy has several features compared to other energy sources, including a cleaner and safer life cycle, high density energy as well as low cost for generating levelized cost and external cost. It is recommended that Indonesia consider nuclear energy as a potential new energy source to accelerate the country’s development.