Indonesia forecasts to use 166 million tonnes of coal in 2022
Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources have forecast that the domestic use of
coal will reach 166 million tonnes this year, up 33 million tonnes from 2021.
Addressing a forum on January 26, Secretary General
of the ministry Ego Syahrial said most of the coal will be used by power
plants, industry and households.
The Indonesian Government also plans to replace
coal-fired power plants with renewables-fueled ones to achieve carbon
neutrality by 2060.
According to the official, the capacity of
steam power plants will increase till 2060 on the back of the 35,000 MW
programme, and then reduce from 2031.
The Government also set a goal of achieving the installation
capacity of 76 GW in power plants this year./.