Prabowo Targets Indonesian Energy Self-Sufficiency Within 3 Years

President Prabowo Subianto has targeted Indonesia achieving energy self-sufficiency in the next three years. In his address at the 18th National Conference of HIPMI in 2026, broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat, President Prabowo stated the government is working hard to realise energy independence as one of the main foundations of national development. ‘We are heading towards energy self-sufficiency. We are working hard, our calculation is another 3 years,’ said Prabowo. According to Prabowo, achieving energy self-sufficiency will go hand in hand with the industrialisation programme that is the government’s main agenda. He stressed that Indonesia must no longer only export raw materials, but instead process all strategic commodities domestically to provide greater added value for the national economy. ‘We will carry out industrialisation through downstream processing. All our commodities will be processed and become industries in Indonesia,’ he said. Prabowo considers downstream processing a strategic step to create jobs, increase the competitiveness of national industry, and strengthen Indonesia’s economic independence amidst global uncertainty. ‘Many countries are now in a state of panic, they are struggling to find food. The UN has warned there will be mass famine this year. We, thank God, are strong. We cannot turn a blind eye to this,’ stressed Prabowo.