Jakarta (Antara) - The use of renewable energy in Indonesia is still low namely at five percent of total energy consumption in the country, WWF Indonesia's Director for Climate and Eenergy Affairs Nyoman Iswarayoga said here on Monday. "The number is still far from the national target of having 25 percent of energy consumption coming from renewable sources," he said. Nyoman argued Indonesia is still too much depending on fossil energy to fulfill energy needs while the source of energy itself is starting to diminish. He also highlighted the challenges of developing renewable energy in Indonesia. "Geothermal sources, for example, are often located in protected forest area. To develop such energy is quite problematic. Not to mention other challenges such as the large amount of investment to develop such energy and the high selling price," he noted. However he encouraged the government and related parties to strive for promoting more use of renewable energy in the country. He said there are various renewable energy that Indonesia can develop namely geothermal, solar cell and wind power. Earlier Deputy Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Rubi Rubiandini said Indonesia are now developing solar energy, geothermal energy, hydro energy, bio fuel, wind energy and sea wave energy. She said the country, which lies on the ring of fire, has big reserves of geothermal accounting for 40 percent of the world`s reserves. "However only 1,341 megawatts have been developed into electricity from the total reserves of 29,215 Megawatts," he said. He said the government has made a breakthrough in the development of renewable energy such as with the Feed in Tariff (FIT) regulation to develop biomass, garbage and geothermal energy. FIT in geothermal sector is 10-18.5 US cents per Kwh depending on areas, he said. "Acceleration is needed to expand development of renewable energy," he said. (*) Reporting by Desi Purnamawati, Translating and Editing by Amie Fenia Arimbi

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