The Jakarta Environment Office has formed a collaboration forum as part of efforts to involve the public and institutions in waste mitigation to support environmental sustainability in the capital city. “The environmental issue has not only become the responsibility of the office and the provincial government, but also become everyone’s responsibility,” head of the office, Asep Kuswanto, remarked after the forum was formed here on Wednesday. The forum involves 45 businesses, non-governmental organizations, academicians, and financial institutions as environmental collaborators and aggregators. The large-scale social collaboration forum can provide inputs to the Jakarta provincial government on environmental management while also supporting government work plans through independent action or collaboration. Moreover, the forum will also encourage stakeholders to participate in supporting environment management. To ensure it works effectively, the forum has been divided based on three clusters: waste, climate change, and air and water. In addition, the forum has been divided into working groups, starting from waste reduction to handling. In the future, the working groups will design their own work plans to ensure the sustainability of the environmental management program. Kuswanto lauded the involvement of collaborators who care about environment management. In the beginning, only 21 institutions had joined the forum and now, their number has increased to 45. In 2021–2022, the collaborators conducted 236 environmental management activities, which included the management of waste and the provision of education to people, with a total aid of Rp2.6 billion. According to the office’s data, Jakarta is estimated to produce 7,800-8,000 tons of waste every day, which is sent to the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Management Location (TPST) in Bekasi, West Java. The total waste heap in Bantargebang is estimated to reach around 50 million cubic meters, with a height of around 50 m. To reduce this waste, the Jakarta government is constructing a waste management facility in Bantargebang. Source: Antara News

Natural gas can play an important role in the transition to low-carbon energy before the dominance of fossil fuels shifts to renewable energy in the long term, the Energy and Mineral Resources Minister has said.

“Of course, this energy transition will be carried out in several stages by considering competitiveness, cost, availability, and sustainability,” Minister Arifin Tasrif said at the 46th Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) Exhibition and Convention in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The strategy to achieve a balance between increasing oil and gas production and carbon emission targets requires low-emission technology innovations, for example, through the implementation of CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage), he explained.

Currently, there are 14 CCS/CCUS projects in Indonesia, but all activities are still at the study and preparation stage. The projects are mostly targeted to go on-stream before 2030.

According to the Indonesian government, one of the promising projects that will be implemented in the near future is the Tangguh Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR) and CCUS.

The project aims to cut around 25 million tons of carbon dioxide and increase gas production to 300 BSCF (billion standard cubic feet) by 2035. Tangguh EGR/CCUS could even serve as a role model for gas development in Indonesia in the future.

Tasrif said that the government is currently drafting a ministerial regulation on CCS/CCUS. In the first stage, the main focus will be to regulate CCS/CCUS for enhanced oil recovery, EGR, or enhanced coal bed methane recovery in the natural gas oil working area.

“We are still finalizing the draft and this regulation is one of our priorities,” he added.

Based on the General National Energy Plan (RUEN), Indonesia’s oil consumption is projected to increase by 139 percent and natural gas consumption by almost 300 percent. This is based on projected population growth of over 23 percent to nearly 350 million in the next 30 years.

Currently, G20 members and countries globally have set targets for achieving carbon neutrality, in line with the Paris Agreement.

As per the nationally determined contribution (NDC) document, Indonesia is targeting to cut emissions by up to 29 percent through its own efforts in the next 8 years or up to 41 percent with international assistance.

The minister said he is optimistic that the oil and gas industry will overcome all challenges by implementing technologies that can further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help Indonesia achieve carbon neutrality through international cooperation.

 

Source: Antara News