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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: Development of a Battery Manufacturing Industry Roadmap for Indonesia
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ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
Indonesia is aiming to establish a comprehensive domestic electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, encompassing everything from mining and processing battery metals to the production of precursor cathode active materials, battery cells, battery packs, EVs, and eventually, battery recycling. The government's ambitious target is to achieve an annual production capacity of 140 GWh for EV batteries by 2030, starting from zero production today. About one-third of this future production is earmarked for export, while the remaining portion is intended for the emerging domestic EV industry. Indonesia's 2030 goal is comparable to the total global EV battery production in 2020 (160 GWh). However, due to rapidly increasing demand, this output is estimated to constitute only around 4 to 9 percent of the projected global demand in 2030, as forecasted by the International Energy Agency, depending on the scenario applied.
Indonesia's drive to become an EV battery producer and exporter is motivated by both upstream and downstream considerations within the supply chain. Upstream, as the world's largest nickel producer, the country aims to leverage its abundant natural resources. Encouraging foreign investments in nickel processing allows for value addition to mined nickel ore, as opposed to merely exporting it. Nickel and cobalt, crucial ingredients for most current EV batteries, are by-products of nickel processing for batteries in Indonesia. Downstream in the battery supply chain, Southeast Asia's largest and expanding car market seeks not only to attract foreign investment in the EV industry but also to cultivate a domestic EV market to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Presidential Regulation No. 55/2019 emphasizes the development of a domestic EV industry as a national priority to enhance energy efficiency in the transportation sector, aligning with Indonesia's commitment to reduce GHG emissions.
Converting Indonesia’s rich natural resource endowment into an effective battery manufacturing industry has been hampered by an absence of a strategic policy to grow investment opportunities in the sector. Thus far, a number of investments have been announced upstream and downstream, but midstream investments remain lacking. The objective of this cooperation is therefore to develop a policy and roadmap for the Government of Indonesia to implement to boost investment in battery manufacturing, by assessing the potential development of the sector/value chain, the associated job creation, and the ensuing growth together with a series of actions that would need to sequentially take place for the creation of a competitive battery manufacturing industry.
The policy will build on global best practices and lessons learned from countries with experience in the development of battery industry value chains (for example, China, Korea, Chile, the United States, and Morocco from its successful experience in growing its auto industry ecosystem) and explore typical pre-conditions for investment.
The policy and roadmap will have four components:
Deliverable 1: Estimating global battery manufacturing demand and supply up to 2040 and the highest potential segments within the value chain for Indonesia in the face of evolving battery technologies.
Deliverable 2: Taking stock of Indonesia's competitive advantages on key factors relevant to attracting investment in the battery value chain.
Deliverable 3: Taking stock of what investors need to invest in the highest potential value chain segments.
Deliverable 4: Developing draft roadmap and policy on the basis of the three deliverables above.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.
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