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Indonesia's coal production in 2022 reached 687 million tons, an increase when compared to coal production in 2021. Coal production in 2022 is used to meet domestic needs of 215 million tons, one of which is as a supply for the needs of coal-fired power plants, while some are marketed abroad.
Although coal production has increased, Plt. Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Bambang Suswantono revealed that according to the Roadmap scenario to Net Zero Emission (NZE), coal production will decrease in 2030.
"The decline in coal production is due to a decrease in coal exports, as well as the need for coal as raw material for power plants, along with the increase in raw materials from New Renewable Energy (EBT) to become a source of power generation," explained Bambang as a keynote speaker at the Coaltrans Asia event held at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Badung, Bali, Monday (25/9).
Therefore, Bambang said one of the strategies in coal utilization is to downstream coal, in line with the program of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo in downstream industry to achieve a golden Indonesia in 2045, so that it will provide added value to the products produced.
Coal can be processed into derivative products, both as industrial raw materials and energy sources such as Dimethyl Ether (DME), Methanol, Synthetic Gas, Hydrogen and Ammonia. Currently, several downstream coal industries have been completed, namely coal briquettes, coke making, and coal upgrading To support the downstream coal, Bambang said that the government provides three incentives for companies that are committed to downstream coal, namely by reducing the special coal royalty rate for coal gasification to 0%, then setting special coal
prices to increase added value (gasification) carried out at the mouth of the mine.
"The third incentive is that the validity period of the coal mining business license specifically for coal for gasification is given in accordance with the economic life of the coal gasification industry," he said.
