Indonesia has a strong chance of becoming a regional hub for hydrogen production, trade, and development in Asia, amid growing low-carbon output, expanding infrastructure, and rising regional demand.
Prahoro Nurtjahyo, Head of the Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) at Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, noted at the Global Hydrogen Ecosystem 2026 forum in Jakarta that the world is entering a new phase of the energy transition. The focus is shifting from building up renewable energy capacity to delivering clean energy to hard-to-abate sectors: heavy industry, shipping, logistics, and transportation.
According to him, hydrogen is a key solution precisely because it links energy, industry, and transportation into a single low-carbon ecosystem.
The direction for the sector’s development has already been set by the National Hydrogen and Ammonia Roadmap, as well as Government Regulation No. 40 of 2025 on national energy policy. These documents establish hydrogen and ammonia as key new energy sources for decarbonizing industry, power generation, and transportation.
At the same time, Prahoro stressed, the sector’s success depends not only on production volumes but also on the presence of an integrated ecosystem.
