PERSOALAN GAS DI INDONESIA

The document criticizes the World Bank Group (WBG) for promoting fossil gas as a transition fuel in Indonesia, asserting that such investments lock in greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation. It highlights contradictions between WBG strategies, such as the Country Partnership Framework 2021-24 and the Indonesia Economic Prospects report, and global climate goals. The authors call for an immediate shift in public funding away from gas and unproven technologies like CCUS and coal gasification toward sustainable renewable energy.

• The World Bank Group's Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2021-24 for Indonesia actively supports the "percepatan penyebaran gas alam dan biogas" (acceleration of the deployment of natural gas and biogas) and aims to improve the investment climate for private investors through gas infrastructure planning and regulatory reform.
• The World Bank's December 2021 Indonesia Economic Prospects (IEP) report proposes a decarbonization scenario that would lead Indonesia to double its installed gas capacity between 2021 and 2040, which contradicts the International Energy Agency's Net Zero Emissions roadmap for 2050.
• The World Bank's 2018 commitment to end upstream oil and gas financing is bypassed through indirect financing via financial intermediaries (FI), where the International Finance Corporation (IFC) delegates social and environmental responsibility to clients like commercial banks.
• World Bank funding has historically expanded gas projects in Indonesia; for example, a $500 million Inclusive and Sustainable Energy DPF loan in 2015 led to PLN's gas contracts for the BP Tangguh project increasing twelve-fold by 2020, from 17 to 218 million cubic feet per day.
• Indonesia's 2021-2030 Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) is criticized for remaining too dependent on coal (projected at 59.4% by 2030) and for planning to replace closed coal plants with 6,000 MW of new gas-fired power plants.

APA

Trend Asia (2022). PERSOALAN GAS DI INDONESIA. https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Trouble-with-Gas-in-Indonesia-IND.pdf

Chicago

Trend Asia. PERSOALAN GAS DI INDONESIA. 2022. https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Trouble-with-Gas-in-Indonesia-IND.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{trendasia2022persoalan, author = {{Trend Asia}}, title = {{PERSOALAN GAS DI INDONESIA}}, institution = {Trend Asia}, year = {2022}, month = apr, url = {https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Trouble-with-Gas-in-Indonesia-IND.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }