Open AccessOPPORTUNITIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN POWER SECTOR
Author(s) -
Kamia Handayani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ecodev (ecodevelopment journal)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2597-4262
DOI - 10.24198/ecodev.v3i2.39117
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , climate change , electricity , natural resource economics , renewable energy , business , government (linguistics) , energy sector , climate change mitigation , economic sector , indonesian , economics , economy , engineering , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , electrical engineering , biology
As an emerging economy, Indonesia's economy has been growing fast in recent years. The positive economic growth drives electricity consumption growth. However, the increase of electricity consumption contributes to the increase of greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions. Energy sector is the second main contributors of the national GHG emission, hence, reducing GHG emission from power sector would contribute significantly to the national efforts of reducing GHG emission. This paper identifies opportunities for climate change mitigations in the Indonesia's power sector. The identification is based on literature review on power sector and climate change in Indonesia. It is observed that available renewable energy resources, government policies, climate finance, and low carbon technologies create opportunities for climate change mitigations in the Indonesia's power sector.