Indonesia
IDNIndonesia is second in Asia for bioenergy.
Bioenergy supplies 6% of its electricity.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Among the most carbon-heavy electricity anywhere.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Indonesia generates almost exactly what it uses, with next to nothing crossing its borders.
What this means
Electricity can be sold across a border like anything else, through high-voltage lines connecting one country's grid to the next. Buying it in means leaning on a neighbour to keep the lights on. Selling it means generating more than the country needs.
Almost everything this grid runs on comes from inside the country.
What this means
How much of what this grid runs on the country can supply itself. Sun, wind and water count fully, because nobody can cut them off; coal, gas and oil only as far as the country digs them up. A high score is not the same as a good grid: mining your own coal scores well, importing uranium scores badly.
Also true of Indonesia
Indonesia is third in Asia for coal.
Coal supplies 61% of its electricity.
Indonesia’s neighbours
MalaysiaCoal overtook gas on Malaysia's grid in 2016.
East TimorEast Timor runs one of the most fossil-dependent grids in the world.
Papua New GuineaHydro overtook gas on Papua New Guinea's grid in 2023.
BruneiBrunei runs one of the most fossil-dependent grids in Asia.
AustraliaAustralia is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Indonesia. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.