Mini Review of Indonesia’s Potential Bioenergy and Regulations

Abstract

Indonesia’s bioenergy potential is enormous. Utilization of bioenergy can be a solution to future energy independence. It is predicted that fossil fuel production will start to decline in 2025 and the need for other sustainable sources of energy will be significantly increase. To turn the potential to real benefits, the supporting conditions policies, and regulations to ensure incentives, prices, and subsidies, need to be made jointly by various related structures of the government. The development of bioenergy in Indonesia shall be planned in the context of sustainability. That shall include plans for the growth of green environment, mitigation, and adaptation to changes in climate. It will be expected to give a big contribution to the Bonn Challenge, which is an attempt globally to return the 350 million hectares of green land status in 2030, as intended by The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions.