Towards Greener Communities

Following Indonesia's commitment to promote renewable energy at last year's Paris COP 21 conference, President Joko Widodo set a target of achieving 23 percent renewable energy utilization and 100 percent electrification in rural areas by 2019. But these targets would be difficult to achieve without the people's help and participation. In Bali, the Yayasan Lengis Hijau community transforms used cooking oil into biofuel and they encourage hotels and restaurants on the island to move away from fossil fuels. Meanwhile, the energy and mineral resources ministry initiated the Energy Patriots (Patriot Energi) program last year, sending youths to remote villages to help people get electricity out of renewable energy generators. On July 15, 120 youths headed out to the rural areas to do their duties. Tempo English reports on efforts to promote renewable energy.