Jakarta, March 1, 2025 – The transportation sector is among the largest contributors to carbon emissions in Indonesia. Citing an IESR research, the sector is among the many prime three highest CO2 emitters within the nation. Of the full transportation emissions, round 90 p.c comes from land transportation, with passenger vehicles as the largest contributor, contributing round 78 p.c of the full emissions on this sector or round 106 million tons of CO2e per 12 months. This was revealed by Faris Adnan Padhilah, Analysis Coordinator for Vitality Administration Demand, IESR within the RECharge Empowering Youth in Renewable Vitality and Electrical Autos Webinar on Saturday (1/3/2025).
“Yearly round 6 million automobiles are offered in Indonesia, with bikes dominating greater than 90 p.c of the market share based mostly on Worldwide Vitality Company (IEA) knowledge in 2024. As one of many largest automotive producers in Southeast Asia, Indonesia has an necessary function to play within the transition to electrical automobiles,” Faris emphasised.
Nevertheless, Faris continued, there are a number of challenges within the implementation of electrical automobiles, regardless that electrical automobiles might be one of many options for decarbonizing the transportation sector. These challenges embrace elements of emissions generated from electrical energy manufacturing and manufacturing of electrical automobiles themselves.
“The primary supply of electrical car emissions comes from the manufacturing of electrical energy as gasoline and the manufacturing course of. Electrical battery manufacturing additionally provides to carbon emissions, though in numerous parts, round 6 p.c for electrical vehicles and 20 p.c for electrical bikes. Presently, the battery provide chain ecosystem in Indonesia contains 357 firms within the upstream sector, 6 firms within the center sector, and 42 firms within the downstream sector,” Faris stated.
As well as, in accordance with Faris, there may be one other main problem associated to the environmental impression of used batteries. If not managed correctly, electrical car batteries have the potential to grow to be hazardous e-waste. It’s estimated that by 2030, Indonesia may have round 12 GWh of potential used batteries that have to be correctly managed based mostly on an IESR research titled Producing the Future – An Evaluation of Vitality Storage Options and Their Functions for Indonesia. Circumstances of uncontrolled e-waste have occurred earlier than, akin to in Riau in 2004 and Bogor in 2015, as a consequence of lead-acid battery waste polluting the surroundings.
“Sadly, till now Indonesia doesn’t have a transparent regulatory framework to cope with electrical car battery waste. With out strict laws, the potential for environmental air pollution as a consequence of e-waste generally is a critical menace. Subsequently, along with accelerating the adoption of electrical automobiles as a decarbonization resolution, Indonesia additionally wants to concentrate to battery waste administration in order that it doesn’t grow to be a brand new environmental drawback sooner or later,” stated Faris.
To help the transition to low-emission transportation, Faris talked about, numerous steps have to be taken, together with rising clear vitality in energy vegetation, optimizing a sustainable battery provide chain, and stricter laws concerning e-waste administration. With the best technique, electrical automobiles might be an efficient resolution in lowering carbon emissions from the transportation sector with out creating new environmental impacts.
