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Energy Policies Beyond IEA Countries: Indonesia 2015
…deliver sustainable and sufficient energy supply to markets and ultimately to consumers. Even though it remains a net energy exporter due to the expansion of its coal and liquid biofuel production, the country is consuming more energy as a result of rising living standards, population growth and rapid urbanisation. Indonesia is already highly dependent on oil imports. Meeting demand growth and ensuring the environmental sustainability of energy supplies must remain key pillars of its economic and investment policies and strategies. Indonesia has implemented important changes since the IEA published its first review of the country’s energy policies in 2008…
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Reducing Emissions in Fossil-Fired Generation - Indonesia, Malaysia and Viet Nam
…intensity of coal-fired power generation, they are only part of the solution to improve the environmental impact of a power sector that is presently heavily dependent on fossil fuels – and increasingly on coal. Mounting environmental pressures will undoubtedly lead to a softening of the coal capacity targets, with a need for carbon capture and storage to be ultimately deployed. Improved energy efficiency and more ambitious implementation of clean energy technologies will be essential. Governments have a pivotal role in incentivising greater deployment of low-carbon generation by creating an enabling environment, together with private sector participation and international support.
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Partner Country Series - Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform in Mexico and Indonesia
Many countries have turned to fossil fuel subsidies at some point or another to reduce energy costs in order to cut transportation bills, prop up industries, or finance household electrification, particularly for the poorest families. At the same time, many studies have found that the economic and environmental costs of fossil fuel subsidies far outweighs any of its perceived social benefits, which can be achieved by other more effective means. Drawing on its global experience and extensive analysis of fossil fuel subsidies, the IEA undertook this in-depth look at reforms of fossil fuel subsidies in Mexico and Indonesia. These…