Jakarta, Nov 21 (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian and German governments commemorate 25 years of cooperation in renewable energy through the 2018 Indonesian-German Renewable Energy Day (RE Day) Forum. “The 2018 RE Day Forum is expected to strengthen cooperation between Indonesia and Germany in the future, both at the government and business levels; and provide […]

UK marine developer submits grid feasibility study for up to 150MW Nautilus project UK tidal developer SBS has filed a grid expansion feasibility study to Indonesian state power utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) as part of its up 150MW Nautilus project. The preliminary study, which explores the options to expand the grid on Lombok […]

Ahead of the legislative and presidential elections (scheduled for April 2019) the Indonesian government is unwilling to impose impopular measures. One of the side-effects is that subsidy spending has gone beyond the target that was set in the 2018 State Budget. Lets take a closer look at spending on energy subsidies in Indonesia so far […]

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – State-owned mining holding company PT Inalum said it has succeeded in raising enough fund to acquire a majority 51 percent stake in PT Freeport Indonesia ending years of brain racking negotiations over control of one of the world largest copper and gold mines in Papua. Indonesia`s state-owned miner Inalum hopes to wrap up […]

Regulations mandating the use of palm oil in diesel fuel could help ease Indonesia’s dependence on energy imports and stabilise the local currency, while improving prospects for local palm oil producers. In late August President Joko Widodo ratified a regulation mandating the compulsory use of 20 per cent blended biodiesel (B20), which uses palm oil […]

Singapore’s renewable energy developer and operator The Blue Circle has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Ayala Corporation’s power subsidiary AC Energy. Under the new partnership, the two companies will jointly develop and construct TBC’s pipeline of nearly 1,500MW of wind projects across South East Asia, more than 700MW of which will be built in […]

Activists in Indonesia have called on three South Korean financial institutions to withdraw their funding for new coal-fired power plants to be built in Java. The plants will be part of a complex that is already the biggest polluter in Southeast Asia, whose proximity to the metropolis of Jakarta could put the health of 30 […]

Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources through EBTKE is launching an auction for geothermal preliminary and exploration survey areas (WPSPE) in Bonjol, Pasaman Regency in West Sumatra Province. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) through the Directorate General of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Concertation (EBTKE) again auctions geothermal Preliminary and […]

Net oil importer Indonesia could reactivate its OPEC membership if it can successfully raise its crude oil production and reduce consumption by boosting the amount of biofuels used in its transportation sector, an official said Monday. “If we can increase our production, we are more than happy to rejoin,” secretary general of Indonesia’s National Energy […]

Reuters citing, an official at the ministry as saying that Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry plans to revise rules on mining rights held by miners under Coal Contract of Work (CCOW). Under proposed changes, miners can apply for extensions to mining rights between five years and one year before contracts expire. Existing rules only […]