The French Renewable Energy Group (FREG) has been set up in Indonesia to promote the use of renewable energy in the country. The group comprises French companies that already operate or have interests in investing locally and a branch of France’s largest renewable energy organisation, Syndicate for Renewable Energy. FREG is expected to enhance business-to-business contact between French and Indonesian companies and to encourage more French renewable energy companies to invest in Indonesia. Furthermore, the group will work together with the Indonesian Renewable Energy Society to help identify and develop renewable energy projects in the country. Indonesia has targeted to increase the use of renewable energy sources to make up 23 per cent of all domestic energy needs by 2025.
