Breaking Down Silos: Lessons from Indonesia’s Coal Transition Kick-off

This briefing by RMI discusses the launch of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in Indonesia and provides lessons on decarbonizing the electricity system through a model that analyzes coal-generating units in the Java-Bali grid.

• RMI advised the launch of a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in 2022 to decarbonize Indonesia's electricity system, utilizing a multilateral financial package of $20 billion to accelerate the shift from coal to renewable energy.
• Based on an analysis of coal-generating units in the Java-Bali grid, RMI identified four lessons for maintaining energy reliability and affordability: solar and storage are the most cost-effective replacements for coal plants retiring by 2030; emissions reductions require replacement with clean resources; financial interventions reduce investment risk and cost spikes while enabling just transition assistance; and clean resources improve utility finances.
• RMI recommends three actions for Indonesia and similar transitions: conducting joint analyses of coal retirement and clean energy deployment, integrating financial effects into techno-economic and operational planning, and creating coal retirement roadmaps by ranking plants in reverse merit order from least to most efficient.

APA

RMI (2023). Breaking Down Silos: Lessons from Indonesia’s Coal Transition Kick-off. https://rmi.org/resources/breaking-down-silos-lessons-from-indonesias-coal-transition-kick-off/

Chicago

RMI. Breaking Down Silos: Lessons from Indonesia’s Coal Transition Kick-off. 2023. https://rmi.org/resources/breaking-down-silos-lessons-from-indonesias-coal-transition-kick-off/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2023breaking, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Breaking Down Silos: Lessons from Indonesia’s Coal Transition Kick-off}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2023}, month = sep, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/breaking-down-silos-lessons-from-indonesias-coal-transition-kick-off/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }