The share of renewable energy in Indonesia’s national energy mix rose to 18.3% in the first quarter of 2026 from 15.75% in 2025, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry data showed, as Southeast Asia’s largest economy seeks to increase the contribution of cleaner energy sources.
The ministry’s 2025-2029 strategic plan targets renewable energy to account for between 17% and 21% of the country’s energy supply this year.
According to data from the ministry’s Directorate General of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, 9.75 percentage points of the first-quarter renewable energy mix came from the power sector, while 8.55 percentage points were derived from non-power uses.
Hydropower contributed 3.59 percentage points to the national energy mix, followed by biomass power at 3.27 percentage points and geothermal power at 1.91 percentage points.
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Solar power accounted for 0.51 percentage points, wind power contributed 0.06 percentage points and other renewable power sources made up 0.41 percentage points.
In the non-power sector, biodiesel derived from fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) contributed 5.38 percentage points, while biomass use accounted for 2.91 percentage points. Other non-power renewable energy sources contributed 0.26 percentage points.
Indonesia’s renewable energy share reached 15.75% in 2025, equivalent to 15,630 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity, according to ministry data.
That figure narrowly missed the 15.9% renewable energy target set in the 2025-2034 electricity supply plan (RUPTL), after the government lowered its previous target of 23% in the primary energy mix. Indonesia now expects the 23% target to be achieved by 2030 and aims for renewables to account for 46% of the energy mix by 2045.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak