REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia's industrial sectors have a major opportunity to utilize renewable energy in future, stated Lintong Sopandi Hutahaean, head of the Centre for Research and Development of Green Industry and the Environment at the Industry Ministry.
"Industrial sectors have ample opportunities to use renewable energy in the future," Hutahaean remarked after accompanying Industry Minister Saleh Husin to receive the Indonesian Renewable Energy Community here on Monday.
Hutahaean stated that the country's industrial sectors should start preparing themselves to utilize renewable energy, of which biomass is one form that has been in use.
In addition, the industrial sectors will have an opportunity to manufacture reewable energy supporting components.
Hutahaean pointed out that some domestic industries had been able to produce solar panels, transformers, and batteries.
Therefore, he emphasized that the Ministry of Industry will make every effort to attract investors to produce renewable energy supporting components.
"Now is the time for the industrial sectors to get ready. If the demand is high, the investment in this field will be attractive," he added.