Antara News, Mon, December 12 2011
Indonesia and China which had a big population
were seeking to cooperate on renewable energy to anticipate the depletion of
fossil energy resources.
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Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - Indonesia and China are exploring cooperation on the
development of renewable energy, a cabinet minister said.
Forestry
Minister Zulkifli Hasan said here on Monday that Indonesia and China which had
a big population were seeking to cooperate on renewable energy to anticipate
the depletion of fossil energy resources.
"It is
important for the two countries to develop renewable energy in the face of
declining fossil energy resources. After all, China has relatively advanced
technology on renewable energy, such as technology on the utilization of solar
and hydro energy," the minister said.
The
minister expressed his hope that the two countries would respectively set up a
team to follow up on the results of a meeting between him and a Chinese
delegation which was led by Cao Jialin, deputy technology minister at the
Chinese Science and Technology Ministry.
Earlier,
the forestry minister said that timber estate management and wood pellet
product were two business sectors that were prospective for investors.
"Wood
pellet as fuel is a renewable energy and environment friendly. This is because
it involves a process of planting first and then utilizing it," the
minister said.
At present,
South Korea is encouraging the utilization of bio mass energy in the form of
wood pellets in line with the shrinking of fossil fuel resources.
The problem
is that the expansion of timber estate in South Korea faced land limitation
problem.
The
minister said that Indonesia needed to develop its bio mass energy because
besides optimizing raw materials from timber estate the business also could
absorb many workers.
Forestry
Ministry Secretary General Hadi Daryanto said that there were three Korean
investors who had been given permits by the ministry to develop timber estates
and wood pellet factory with a production capacity of about 40,000 tons.
"The
Korean investors needed large lands for their investment. The proposals that
have been tabled cover 200,000 hectares and the ministry has approved 140,000
hectares with an investment of Rp6 trillion," he said.
Editor: Heru
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