Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia has depended much on imported fossil fuels inrecent years, but the country’s Government is working to further reduce theimport and phase it out by 2030.
DadanKusdiana, Director General for New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation atthe Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, told a workshop onJanuary 7 that the country consumed 35 million kilolitres of petrol and 29million kilolitres of diesel oil in 2019.
Itimported about 24 million kilolitres of fossil fuels, including petrol anddiesel oil that year.
Theofficial said the Government and the ministry are promoting the search foralternatives to fossil fuels to ease financial burden on the country and moreimportantly, help realise the target of clean energy usage to protect theenvironment.
Accordingly,petrol will be the first to be removed from the list of those allowed to beimported. Traditional petrol will be replaced with made-in-Indonesia biofuels,natural gas, and batteries when it comes to motorised transport vehicles./.
DadanKusdiana, Director General for New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation atthe Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, told a workshop onJanuary 7 that the country consumed 35 million kilolitres of petrol and 29million kilolitres of diesel oil in 2019.
Itimported about 24 million kilolitres of fossil fuels, including petrol anddiesel oil that year.
Theofficial said the Government and the ministry are promoting the search foralternatives to fossil fuels to ease financial burden on the country and moreimportantly, help realise the target of clean energy usage to protect theenvironment.
Accordingly,petrol will be the first to be removed from the list of those allowed to beimported. Traditional petrol will be replaced with made-in-Indonesia biofuels,natural gas, and batteries when it comes to motorised transport vehicles./.
VNA
