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Pelosika hydro project is first in Indonesian to be reviewed under IHA-developed protocol

The 21-MW Pelosika hydro project assessment — the first in Indonesian to be reviewed under the International Hydropower Association’s Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol — recently took place in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Pelosika hydro project is first in Indonesian to be reviewed under IHA-developed protocol

The 21-MW Pelosika hydro project assessment — the first in Indonesian to be reviewed under the International Hydropower Association’s Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol — recently took place in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Since April 2017, IHA has been working with Indonesian central and local government officials on how to apply the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol. IHA coordinated an early-stage assessment for the Pelosika project, which was attended by more than 80 government officials and external stakeholders.

According to IHA, the training and assessment project comes as Indonesia aims to quadruple its current 5 GW of hydropower capacity. Up to 65 new projects, representing an additional 15 GW of hydropower capacity, are planned to meet the country’s renewable energy targets.

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IHA said one of Indonesia’s goals is to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix to 23% by 2025 and 31% by 2050, as it is currently heavily reliant on coal and other non-renewable resources.

The training program on how to apply the assessment and the actual Pelosika assessment were carried out by IHA at the request of the National Development Planning Ministry of Indonesia, after funding was provided by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland.