Risks, barriers and responses to Indonesia’s biogas development

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the potential for biogas to help Indonesia meet its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, analyzing two development pathways and the policy barriers hindering their implementation.

• Indonesia aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2020 and 29% by 2030, but current energy plans and emission trends are inconsistent with these NDC targets, leaving the country as the world's eighth largest emitter due to fossil fuel reliance.
• The document identifies two potential biogas pathways: a low-investment, short-term scenario involving household-scale installations for domestic energy, and a high-investment, long-term scenario focusing on large-scale systems for electricity production.
• Biogas development is currently not a government priority and is unevenly distributed across the country. To improve adoption, the authors recommend establishing clear renewable energy targets, strengthening management institutions, implementing monitoring standards, and introducing incentives such as feed-in tariffs and favorable lending schemes.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). Risks, barriers and responses to Indonesia’s biogas development. https://www.sei.org/publications/risks-barriers-and-responses-to-indonesias-biogas-development/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Risks, barriers and responses to Indonesia’s biogas development. 2019. https://www.sei.org/publications/risks-barriers-and-responses-to-indonesias-biogas-development/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019risks, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Risks, barriers and responses to Indonesia’s biogas development}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/risks-barriers-and-responses-to-indonesias-biogas-development/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }