Indonesia has announced its National Cooling Action Plan (I-NCAP) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32-43 per cent by 2030.
The I-NCAP roadmap addresses the country’s increasing cooling demand, energy efficiency in cooling appliances, and the use of low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants.
The I-NCAP focuses on five refrigeration sectors: air conditioning in buildings, food cold chains, healthcare cold chains, mobile air conditioning and process cooling.
In 2020, the total electricity consumed by air conditioning in buildings and the food cold chain combined was 79 TWh, equivalent to 30 per cent of the country’s total electricity consumption.
In the absence of effective interventions in the building sector, electricity demand is expected to increase by nearly 400 per cent, from 62 TWh in 2020 to 241 TWh by 2040.
The I-NCAP aims to mitigate this rise by half, limiting electricity demand for air conditioning to 104 TWh by 2040.
The launch of the I-NCAP follows the implementation earlier this year of Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and energy labelling measures for seven pieces of equipment, including air conditioners, refrigerators, and refrigerated display cabinets.