MPR says CCS supports energy security and boosts competitiveness
Indonesia has a significant opportunity to become one of the centres for Carbon Capture and Storage development in the region.
Deputy Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Eddy Soeparno assessed that the development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) plays an important role in supporting energy security while enhancing Indonesia’s competitiveness amid the global economic transformation.
“Indonesia has a significant opportunity to become one of the centres for Carbon Capture and Storage development in the region. By strengthening synergy between the government, businesses, academics, investors, and international partners, Indonesia can accelerate CCS implementation while creating new investment opportunities, improving national industrial competitiveness, and accelerating the achievement of Net Zero Emissions targets,” he said at the International and Indonesia CCS Forum 2026 in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Indonesia is currently continuing to strengthen its position as one of the countries with strong prospects in CCS development in the Asia Pacific region.
CCS development is being directed from policy strengthening towards the project implementation stage, with a focus on enhancing collaboration, investment, and the development of commercial-scale projects to support the achievement of Net Zero Emissions (NZE) and the transition towards a low-carbon economy.
Executive Director of the Indonesia Carbon Capture and Storage Center (ICCSC) Belladonna Troxylon Maulianda assessed that Indonesia has shown significant progress in CCS development through regulatory refinement, increased international cooperation, and growing investment interest in CCS projects.
“Indonesia has shown significant progress through regulatory refinement, increased international cooperation, and growing investment interest in CCS projects. The next challenge is to ensure that all supporting elements, from policy, financing, infrastructure, to capacity building, can operate in harmony so that CCS project implementation can proceed more quickly and provide tangible benefits for decarbonisation as well as national economic development,” said Belladonna.
At the forum, a number of strategic partnerships were also strengthened, including the signing of a memorandum of understanding between ICCSC and the Indonesia Carbon Trade Association (IDCTA) regarding CCS advocacy and carbon trading, as well as cooperation between ICCSC and South Korea’s ETRS Center, which operates the Korea-Indonesia Offshore Research Cooperation Center (KIORCC), on low-carbon development and infrastructure.
In addition, the development of the Indonesia-Japan CCS project through the Joint Credit Mechanism (JCM) was also one of the key agenda items.
The governments of Indonesia and Japan, through the JCM Joint Committee, have approved the Ofaweri decarbonisation initiative utilising Tangguh CCUS to proceed to the next stage as a JCM project.
The approval makes Tangguh CCUS the first CCUS project registered under the JCM framework and opens up potential for carbon credit development through the project.