Green energy played a proportionally bigger role in Indonesia last year but still fell short of the government’s expectations as the COVID-19 pandemic hit demand and investments. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry data show that the contribution of green energy to Indonesia’s total energy consumption rose from 9.15 percent in 2019 to 11.51 percent last […]

Indonesia has planned to increase its solar power generating capacity by an additional 4.7 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 as part of its efforts for net zero carbon emissions by 2060.

The Indonesia-Australia climate change partnership will push investment in new and clean energy, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said. Bilateral relations between Indonesia and Australia, which date back a long time, must be made deeper and not become merely architecture, he said at a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese here […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Government will present a scenario for the national energy transition from fossil fuels to new and renewable energy in the Grand National Energy Strategy (GSEN) roadmap to the G20 forum.

Indonesia’s readiness to shift toward a clean energy economy took another step back last year because of fossil fuel subsidies and faces a monumental hurdle this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Indonesia’s ranking fell seven places to 70th out of 115 countries surveyed in this year’s Energy Transition Index (ETI), down from 63rd last year. […]

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$380 million loan to develop Indonesia’s first pumped storage hydropower plant, aiming to improve power generation capacity during peak demand, while supporting the country’s energy transition and decarbonization goals.

Indonesia seeks to achieve a global deal on accelerating energy transition out of its G20 presidency this year, the government announced on Thursday. Indonesia’s G20 presidency has chosen energy transition as one of its top priorities. The energy transition working group (ETWG) zeroes in on energy access, technology, and funding.

Is Indonesia looking to go nuclear under the Joko Widodo government? In February 2020, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister of maritime affairs and former chief of staff to President Widodo, publicly complained that powerful countries like the United States do not consider Indonesia a serious international player because of its lack of nuclear weapons, seizing […]

A geothermal power plant in Indonesia that absorbed an investment of more than USD 700 million (EUR 618m) has achieved its commercial operation date on December 26, 2021, it was announced on Friday.

The Vietnam Corporate Energy Leaders (VCEL) initiative has been announced at the Vietnam Corporate Sustainability Forum 2020, promoting the use of renewable energy in driving greener production and sustainable growth in a globally competitive Vietnam.