With the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and in partnership with eclareon GmbH, EKONID successfully held a Digital Trade Mission on German Renewable Energy Technology entitled 鈥淒ecentralized Energy Supply and Storage Solutions鈥� on September 13-16, 2022.
This online event entails a series of Renewable Energy Business Forum and individual B2B meetings. Around 70 representatives from the solar PV, wind turbine, storage system, biomass, and hydrogen industries participated in the business forum. In addition, there were also representatives from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) of the Republic of Indonesia, the State Electricity Company (PT PLN Persero), and the State Oil and Natural Gas Mining Company (PT Pertamina Persero).
EKONID Managing Director, Mr. Jan R枚nnfeld, opened the online seminar and emphasized the importance of hybrid systems to overcome the issue of decentralized energy in Indonesia. He invited the participants to discuss the solutions together and hoped that this event would contribute to the development of green energy in the archipelago. His remarks were followed by Ms. Andriah Feby Misna, the Director of Various New and Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia, who said that a collaboration of public and private institutions in Germany and Indonesia is needed to support wider accessibility of clean energy. Finally, Mr. Caspar Schulze, Project Manager at eclareon GmbH, welcomed the participants to exchange information and conduct business partnerships to achieve the international climate protection agenda.
After the opening remarks, as many as eight German companies delivered presentations regarding technologies and solutions for providing cleaner electricity to areas that are not connected to national power grids. Also present at the event was a lecturer from the Reutlingen University Prof. Dr. Jos茅 Antonio Notholt Vergara who gave a brief analysis on 鈥淎daptive Control Systems in Hybrid Solutions鈥�. This was an opportunity for the Indonesian companies to have a better overview of products and services from their German counterparts before having the individual B2B meetings in the following days. In total, there were 67 one-on-one meetings that took place from September 14 to 16, 2022.
The event went successful as a platform to facilitate business matchmaking between the participating German and Indonesian companies, as well as other actors from the academic and governmental institutions of both countries. The fruitful discussion during this 4-day event and the cooperation made through it are expected to bring solutions to the renewable energy sector.