Sectors

Feasibility Study and Engineering Design

We develop and review studies and engineering designs to support investment, financing, and implementation decisions.

  • Pre-feasibility, feasibility, and bankable feasibility studies
  • Front-end engineering design and basis of design
  • Basic engineering across process, mechanical and piping, electrical, civil and structural, instrumentation and control, and HSE
  • Techno-economic analysis, financial modeling, and sensitivity analysis
  • Implementation planning and cost estimation

Selected projects

  • FEED for the 10 MW Cibuni Geothermal Power Plant (2020–2022)
  • Feasibility study and FEED for Kotabaru 3 MWe lignite gasification (2015–2016)
  • Bankable feasibility study for Nadra Krenceng floating solar PV (2023–2024)

Renewable Energy Development Design

We assess renewable energy opportunities from resource and site conditions through plant design, energy yield, and grid integration.

  • Solar PV: commercial and industrial rooftop, floating, ground-mounted, off-grid, and hybrid PV-diesel
  • Solar resource assessment, structural evaluation, energy yield modeling, and system design
  • Power system studies: load flow, short-circuit current, power quality, and dynamic stability
  • Geothermal power development
  • Biomass and lignite gasification, biogas, and waste-to-energy
  • Hydrogen pathways using geothermal and landfill gas

Selected projects

  • Solar PV integration at three Nestlé Indonesia factories (2022)
  • Rooftop solar across 21 Pertamina fuel terminals (2022)
  • Biohydrogen development in Indonesia (2025–2026)

Energy Transition Planning

We support governments and other stakeholders in assessing transition pathways, investment needs, and the implications of changing the energy system.

  • National and sectoral energy transition roadmaps
  • Energy system modeling, scenario and pathway analysis
  • Coal-fired power plant retirement planning, including fiscal and regional effects
  • Background studies for national planning documents

Selected projects

  • Revision of Indonesia’s Energy Sector NZE 2060 Roadmap (2023)
  • Financial assessment of early coal-fired power plant retirement (2022–2023)
  • Background study on bioenergy for RPJMN 2025–2029 (2023)

Industrial Decarbonization

We assess and quantify industrial decarbonization options, linking emissions targets with technology choices, costs, and investment requirements.

  • Long-term GHG targets and decarbonization roadmaps for industry
  • Abatement options including material and energy efficiency, low-carbon fuels, alternative feedstocks, cleaner energy supply, and carbon capture
  • Marginal abatement cost analysis and low-carbon investment planning
  • Exposure to carbon border measures, including the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
  • Sector coverage: cement, iron and steel, aluminum, ammonia and fertilizer, ethylene, pulp and paper, textiles and garments, and hospitality

Selected projects

  • Industrial decarbonization options and international carbon border measures (2024–2026)
  • GHG long-term targets and action plans in industry sectors (2023–2024)
  • Emission cap and allowance framework for power and industry (2022–2023)

GHG Accounting and MRV

We develop GHG inventories, baselines, projections, and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems for companies, financial institutions, and subnational governments.

  • Corporate and subnational GHG inventories
  • Reference baselines and emissions projections using LEAP
  • Marginal abatement cost curves
  • MRV system design and project design documents for carbon crediting
  • Financed emissions under PCAF and target setting under SBTi, including the Sectoral Decarbonization Approach and Temperature Rating
  • Application of SNI ISO 14064-1 and the GHG Protocol

Selected projects

  • Reference baselines and GHG inventories in four provinces (2018–2019)
  • MRV system for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects (2021–2022)
  • Net-zero emissions roadmap for a financial institution (2025)

Carbon Markets and Climate Finance

We support the design of carbon market instruments and the financing frameworks that can direct capital toward emissions reduction and climate-related investment.

  • Carbon pricing design and emission cap and allowance frameworks
  • Emissions trading and crediting mechanisms
  • Institutional roles and business models in carbon markets
  • Blended finance and private-sector climate investment
  • Investment guidelines and information systems for renewable energy and energy efficiency
  • Technical input to financing institutions assessing projects

Selected projects

  • Indonesia Environment Fund’s roles in the carbon market (2022)
  • Renewable energy and energy efficiency investment guidelines (2021–2022)
  • Knowledge products for private-sector climate investment (2025)

Waste and Circular Economy

We assess waste management and resource recovery projects from both the technical and business perspectives, including the waste system conditions that determine whether a facility can operate sustainably.

  • Municipal solid waste system assessment and waste characterization
  • Refuse-derived fuel and waste-to-energy
  • Preconditions and pre-feasibility assessment
  • Business model development, levelized unit cost, and profitability analysis
  • Plastics recycling and persistent organic pollutant reduction under the Stockholm Convention

Selected projects

  • RDF business model and best practices in Indonesia (2025)
  • Solid waste management business development in Banyuwangi (2025)
  • UPOPs reduction in e-waste plastic recycling in West Java (2018–2019)

These capabilities are integrated across assignments and areas of expertise.

Policy Advisory

We provide technical input to government decisions on regulations, planning documents, guidelines, and implementation approaches, supported by engineering and quantitative analysis.

  • Background studies for national planning documents
  • Regulatory, institutional, and options analysis
  • Implementation guidelines and technical standards
  • Policy briefs and recommendations grounded in cost and engineering evidence

Selected projects

  • Emission cap, allowance, and carbon pricing guidelines (2022–2023)
  • RDF business model and best practices, including policy brief (2025)
  • Background study on bioenergy for RPJMN 2025–2029 (2023)

GEDSI and Safeguards

We integrate gender, equity, inclusion, and environmental and social considerations into project design and implementation, where relevant to the assignment.

  • Gender analysis and gender action plans
  • GEDSI mainstreaming guidance across the project cycle, including sector modules and tools
  • Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP)
  • Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)

CBS has a dedicated Sustainable Development and GEDSI Division.

Selected projects

  • Net-Zero and Nature-Positive project document — gender analysis, action plan, SESP, and ESMF (2024)
  • GEDSI mainstreaming guidance for private companies (2025)

Capacity Building

We develop training, guidance, and knowledge products so that clients and project stakeholders can apply the methods, tools, and findings after an assignment is completed.

  • Training and workshops for government agencies, project developers, and company boards
  • Technical guidelines and guidance documents
  • Knowledge products and dissemination

Selected projects

  • Geothermal-to-green-hydrogen program for the PGE Board of Commissioners (2021)
  • MRV training for six renewable energy project proponents (2021–2022)
  • Five knowledge products on private-sector climate investment (2025)