During the “G20 Seminar of Renewable Energy Baseload Development Through Hydropower and Geothermal Generation in order to Support Energy Transition” on September 22, 2022, Mr. Gong Heping, Deputy Director General of China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI), and YUSUF DIDI SETIARTO, representative of Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN/PERSERO, PLN), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), and reached consensus on enhancing technological cooperation on low-carbon energy, environment, and social security for both sides.
The signing of this MoU marks the first institutional cooperation between China's clean energy advisory body and Indonesia's electric power organization, and is an important outcome of G20 series activities conducted by Indonesia as the chair, which has attracted wide attention from government departments and industry sectors of both countries.
The MoU was signed online. H.E. Mr. Djauhari Oratmangun, Indonesian Ambassador to China, Dr. Li Sheng, Deputy Director General of CREEI, Mr.Darmawan Prasodjo, CEO of PLN, and ASEAN-CHINA Centre witnessed the signing ceremony.
PLN is an Indonesia's state-owned electric utility company, wholly-owned by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. It comprehensively manages the power transmission and distribution network and electricity retail business in Indonesia and owns various types of large power plants, accounting for two-thirds of the market share in Indonesia.
CREEI, established in 1950, is a leading think tank and a high-end advisory body for renewable energy industry. It provides integrated technological support and services for renewable energy policy research, resources survey and planning, design review, project acceptance, quality supervision, standards making, information management and international cooperation. Under the guidance of the National Energy Administration (NEA) of China, CREEI has been one of the technical support institutions dedicated for clean energy cooperation between China and ASEAN and has long carried out China-ASEAN clean energy cooperation project planning, mechanism promotion, the implementation of activity and research projects.
Editor: Leon
