President Prabowo Subianto has ratified Government Regulation (PP) Number 40 of 2025 concerning the National Energy Policy (KEN) on September 15, 2025.
This latest PP KEN is established as a guideline for the preparation of the national energy management plan until 2060.
This PP also serves as a reference for the preparation of the national medium-term development plan (RPJMN), as well as the preparation of strategic plans for ministries/agencies related to energy management.
In the 2025 PP KEN, the government targets that Indonesia's primary energy mix in 2030 will still be dominated by fossil energy, especially coal.
After that, the proportion of coal in the primary energy mix is targeted to decrease, replaced by an increase in the proportion of new and renewable energy (NRE) until 2060.
Primary energy refers to energy sourced from nature that has not undergone conversion or transformation processes.
The following are the details of Indonesia's minimum primary energy mix targets for the 2030-2060 period, based on the 2025 KEN PP:
Year 2030
- Coal: 40.7%
- Crude oil: 22.4%
- Natural gas: 12.9%
- NRE: 19.61%
Year 2040
- Coal: 28.9%
- Crude oil: 14.3%
- Natural gas: 16.7%
- NRE: 35.42%
Year 2050
- Coal: 19.1%
- Crude oil: 8.7%
- Natural gas: 17.1%
- NRE: 52.23%
Year 2060
- Coal: 7.8%
- Crude oil: 3.9%
- Natural gas: 14.4%
- NRE: 68.34%
Despite a shift from coal dominance to NRE, the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL) considers the target not yet ideal.
According to ICEL, the target proportion of NRE in the 2025 KEN PP is very low compared to Indonesia's abundant NRE potential.
ICEL also believes that the target proportion of coal and natural gas until 2060 is still quite large, threatening the achievement of the net-zero emission target.
"This policy shows a major contradiction, because on one hand Indonesia states its commitment to decarbonization and net-zero targets, but on the other hand it normalizes the use of coal for decades to come," said Syaharani, Head of ICEL's Climate Justice and Decarbonization Division, in a press release (25/9/2025).
"This step not only weakens the credibility of Indonesia's climate commitments but also locks us into a dependence on dirty energy, which will make the transition to clean energy difficult," she continued.