Review of Renewable Energy Potentials in Indonesia and Their Contribution to a 100% Renewable Electricity System

Jannis Langer, Jaco Quist and Kornelis Blok
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Jannis Langer: Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Department of Engineering Systems and Services, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX Delft, The Netherlands
Jaco Quist: Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Department of Engineering Systems and Services, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX Delft, The Netherlands
Kornelis Blok: Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Department of Engineering Systems and Services, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX Delft, The Netherlands

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-21

Abstract: Indonesia has an increasing electricity demand that is mostly met with fossil fuels. Although Indonesia plans to ramp up Renewable Energy Technologies (RET), implementation has been slow. This is unfortunate, as the RET potential in Indonesia might be higher than currently assumed given the archipelago’s size. However, there is no literature overview of RET potentials in Indonesia and to what extent they can meet current and future electricity demand coverage. This paper reviews contemporary literature on the potential of nine RET in Indonesia and analyses their impact in terms of area and demand coverage. The study concludes that Indonesia hosts massive amounts of renewable energy resources on both land and sea. The potentials in the academic and industrial literature tend to be considerably larger than the ones from the Indonesian Energy Ministry on which current energy policies are based. Moreover, these potentials could enable a 100% renewables electricity system and meet future demand with limited impact on land availability. Nonetheless, the review showed that the research topic is still under-researched with three detected knowledge gaps, namely the lack of (i) economic RET potentials, (ii) research on the integrated spatial potential mapping of several RET and (iii) empirical data on natural resources. Lastly, this study provides research and policy recommendations to promote RET in Indonesia.

Keywords: renewable energy; potential; Indonesia; literature review; 100% renewables; scenario (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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