INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia

Posted by Asia Views | Jul 26, 2023 | 0 |

JakartaGlobe-July 25

A senior government official on Tuesday revealed that Indonesia would have the largest integrated solar panel industry in the region, although the investor that is taking part in this project remains mysterious. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is set to launch this project in the coming weeks.

“We have a big announcement coming up to launch an integrated solar panel industry. President Jokowi will launch the project later this month or at the beginning of [August],” Dadan Kusdiana, director-general for renewables at the Energy Ministry, told the 2023 ASEAN Solar Summit in Jakarta. “We will see that Indonesia will probably have the biggest integrated solar energy [industry] in the region.” The new facility is expected to help both Indonesia and ASEAN reach the target of 23 percent in renewable energy use by 2025 and the eventual net-zero emission goal, Dadan added. “So we have already secured a partner, but I will not say who it is. But we have had intense discussions. We have visited them and they have also come here. They have chosen the location, but [those details] are for the president to announce,” Dadan told reporters after the summit. “If you ask the scale [of the integrated solar panel project], it is beyond 10 gigawatts. [This partnership] is coming from a producer that holds a sizable global market share in solar panel production,” Dadan said. Read more at: https://jakartaglobe.id/business/indonesia-set-to-launch-largest-solar-panel-industry-in-se-asia

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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.”

INDONESIA Set to Launch Largest Solar Panel Industry in SE Asia

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