Bandung, Indonesia, August 7–8, 2025 — In a significant step towards accelerating Indonesia’s energy transition, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), Gugah Nurani Indonesia (GNI), and the Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2), hosted a two-day Workshop on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Low-Carbon Hydrogen Standards in Bandung, West Java. 

The outcomes of this workshop will serve as a foundation for the official formulation of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) on low-carbon hydrogen. The emphasis on biohydrogen aligns with the 2023 National Hydrogen Standard, which envisions a comprehensive roadmap for integrating low-carbon hydrogen into the national energy mix.  

As part of Indonesia’s ambitious renewable energy targets, biohydrogen presents an innovative solution to not only harness renewable energy but also address critical waste management challenges. Within the framework of the National Energy Plan (Rencana Umum Energi Nasional/RUEN), which aims for a renewable energy share of 23% by 2025, biohydrogen can serve as a strategic avenue to diversify energy sources while tapping into the country’s abundant biomass resources. 

The workshop brought together 25 key stakeholders, including representatives from MEMR’s Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, the Hydrogen Technical Committee, and the Financial Service Authority. Participants engaged in intensive technical sessions to deepen their understanding of hydrogen sustainability, international certification frameworks, and the role of LCA in assessing emissions from hydrogen production technologies. 

“LCA methodology for low-carbon hydrogen aims to build technical capacity and align with international best practices in evaluating emissions profiles across various hydrogen production pathways, which directly support the development of hydrogen national standards,” said Satria Wira Tenaya, GGGI Indonesia Energy Lead, during the opening remarks. Technical sessions covered key ISO standards as well as simulations of hydrogen production pathways.  

The sessions were led by experts such as Professor Irhan Febijanto, Senior Researcher and Research Professor of the National Research and Innovation Agency, or BRIN; Mr. Nam-Hyuk Lim, Executive Director for Hydrogen Convergence Business Division of the Korean Testing Certification Institute; and Dr. Samuel Bartlett, Director of GH2 Standard of the Green Hydrogen Organization. These resource people provided a detailed overview of low-carbon hydrogen certification and benchmarking against international best practices.  

One of the workshop’s highlights was Indonesia’s path toward establishing its low-carbon hydrogen certification framework, which will require a strong methodological backbone that is globally recognized, scientifically robust, and applicable across various production pathways.  Stakeholders actively discussed the applicability of the LCA framework, international verification mechanism, and regulatory landscape in low-carbon hydrogen development, setting the stage for further consultation and refinement. 

“As the next step of this LCA workshop, the hydrogen technical committee will prepare the operational framework for finalizing the Indonesian National Standard (RSNI) for low-carbon hydrogen,” said Mr. Tony Susandy, Co-chair of the Hydrogen Technical Committee and Coordinator for Engineering Various New and Renewable Energy (NRE) of MEMR.   

This event marks a pivotal milestone in GGGI’s ongoing “Sustainable Biohydrogen Production and Application in Indonesia” program, funded by the Korea Green New Deal Trust Fund. The initiative supports Indonesia’s commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2060 through the development of credible, measurable, and internationally recognized hydrogen standards. It will also contribute to the development of a sustainable, inclusive, and bankable green hydrogen ecosystem aligned with Indonesia’s energy transition and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). 

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