INDONESIA Drafts New Incentives for EV Charging Stations

Posted by Asia Views | Feb 3, 2023 | 0 |

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The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is drafting a new incentive program for electric vehicles and supporting industries including companies that provide public charging stations. Among the proposed incentives, the ministry will provide tariff cuts in charging stations and financial assistance for the conversion of fuel-burning motorcycles to electric bikes, according to Dadan Kusdiana, the ministry’s director general of electrification. A motorcycle owner is entitled “to get Rp 7 million incentive of the total conversion cost of Rp 15 million”, Dadan said in a recent interview. “This year, we are planning to convert 50,000 motorbikes,” he said. The ministry also considers lowering electricity tariffs for charging station operators to allow them to attract more customers. Sources told Jakarta Globe’s sister publication Investor Daily the tariff at medium-voltage stations will be set at Rp 714 per kilowatt hour, while the tariff at the low-voltage station is set at Rp 1,650 per kWh. The ministry will provide a lower tariff for stations that provide at least three fast charging units and two “ultrafast” charging units, Dadan said. The new incentive scheme will amend the existing ministerial regulation, he said. “This will make charging station investment even more attractive,” Dadan said.

The ceiling tariff is put at Rp 2,475 per kWh. The proposed regulation sets service cost at Rp 21,974 for fast charging and Rp 62,500 for ultrafast charging.

The government is targeting to have an additional 1,030 charging stations this year, according to Dadan. Last year, the country saw 1,415 new charging stations or 204 percent of the target of 693 units. The investment needed to build a charging station is between Rp 200 million and Rp 400 million, depending on the speed for a complete fill-up. The government has revealed its ambition to become one of the three largest EV battery manufacturers in the world by 2027. Indonesia is set to produce its first homegrown lithium battery in 2025 which will mark the country’s first step in becoming a major EV ecosystem. Read more at: https://jakartaglobe.id/business/indonesia-drafts-new-incentives-for-ev-charging-stations

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

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