Mendukung pengembangan energi terbarukan di daerah: Pelajaran dari Nusa Tenggara Barat

This case study examines the challenges and opportunities for decentralized renewable energy development in Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia. It highlights the gap between the province's high renewable potential—specifically in mini-hydro—and its actual installed capacity, while analyzing the technical, policy, and institutional barriers facing Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and community-led projects.

• Nusa Tenggara Barat possesses significant renewable energy potential that remains largely untapped; while mini-hydro installations alone could provide over 96.5 MW, the total installed renewable capacity (both on- and off-grid) was only 14 MW as of 2015.
• Independent Power Producers (IPPs) face substantial barriers to entry in the energy sector, primarily regarding access to capital, technical skills, and local government licensing regulations.
• Land acquisition for renewable projects is complicated by rapid price increases when local communities become aware of upcoming projects, and by unclear land status between conservation areas and community forests.
• Administrative delays in asset handover hinder project operations; for example, a community-managed solar PV installation in Labangka, Sumbawa Regency, could not operate because equipment and infrastructure had not been transferred from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to the local government.
• There is a lack of coordination between on-grid and off-grid power supplies, leading to risks where the expansion of the national grid by PLN may render existing or planned off-grid facilities obsolete.
• The 2014 decentralization law (Law No. 23/2014) shifted greater governance authority to the provincial level, making the province the appropriate starting point for interventions in renewable energy and licensing.
• New funding opportunities exist through the Village Law (Law No. 6/2014), which allocates nearly 1 billion Rupiah per village, as demonstrated in Central Lombok where Desa Sisik developed 11 biogas units using village funds with support from Hivos.

APA

Indrawan, M., Muchtar, R., Cameron, L., & Arumdati, N. (2016). Mendukung pengembangan energi terbarukan di daerah: Pelajaran dari Nusa Tenggara Barat. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Indonesia.pdf

Chicago

Indrawan, Mochamad, Rosmaliati Muchtar, Lachlan Cameron, and Niken Arumdati. Mendukung pengembangan energi terbarukan di daerah: Pelajaran dari Nusa Tenggara Barat. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2016. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Indonesia.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{indrawan2016mendukung, author = {Indrawan, Mochamad and Muchtar, Rosmaliati and Cameron, Lachlan and Arumdati, Niken}, title = {{Mendukung pengembangan energi terbarukan di daerah: Pelajaran dari Nusa Tenggara Barat}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2016}, month = jul, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Indonesia.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }