Verda Nano Setiawan, CNBC Indonesia
Thursday, 01/18/2024 21:30 IWST
Photo: PLN carries out cofiring to increase EBT generating capacity. (PLN Doc)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Indonesian government is increasingly serious about boosting the domestic energy transition program. One of them is by reducing the portion of coal used in Steam Power Plants (PLTU) through co-firing technology.
The Director General of Electricity at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jisman P. Hutajulu, noted that the use of biomass through co-firing technology has been applied by 2023 to 34 Steam Power Plants (PLTU) in various regions.
“Co-firing already exists in 43 locations with biomass usage of 991 thousand tons,” said Jisman at a press conference on the performance achievements of the EBTKE sector in 2023, Thursday (18/1/2024).
According to Jisman, the application of co-firing technology at 34 PLTU locations has produced at least 1.04 terawatt hour (TWh) of clean electricity. The CO2 emissions that can be reduced with this technology can reach 1.05 million tons. “The 2024 target for 47 locations is 2.830 million tons. The phase down PLTU is to reduce CO2 emissions,” said Jisman.
As is known, Indonesia is currently aggressively implementing a program to stop the operations of a number of PLTUs faster than the initial plan, aka early retirement. This is done to reduce carbon emissions originating from the electricity sector.
Secretary General of the National Energy Council (DEN) Djoko Siswanto said that Indonesia’s coal production is currently around 700 million tons. Of this amount, around 25% is used for domestic needs.
Djoko is aware that currently 60 percent of electricity production in Indonesia still relies on coal as fuel. Therefore, it is necessary to use biomass through co-firing technology to gradually reduce the use of coal.
“Without us having to change the structure of coal power plants, we can get up to 20% biomass,” said Djoko in the Road to CNBC Indonesia Award 2023 Best Energy, Tuesday (31/10/2023).
Djoko also targets that the use of biomass mixtures in 52 Steam Power Plant (PLTU) units can be realized in the next few years. This is done to reduce coal use in PLTU.
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