The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), an Indonesian think tank, has reported that the country has the potential to install up to 655 GW of rooftop PV capacity. Contrast that with a current installed capacity of just 100 MW, and it’s clear that solar PV still has a long way to go before it […]

We can generate electricity from microorganisms as an alternative to the usual power from water, wind, solar or steam.

With so far $302 million of investment into geothermal development in Indonesia in 2020, this lags behind the 2020 target of US$ 1.05 billion.

US-based nuclear company ThorCon has signed an agreement with the Indonesia’s Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) to officially start a safety, security, & safeguards (3S) consultation in preparation for licensing the 500 MW demonstration NPP. The agreement was signed during a Bapeten Executive Meeting on NPP licensing.

Three solar stations will start generating power and link to the grid earlier next year, as currently the projects are 90 percent complete.

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has shared a story of his enlightenment that maybe Indonesia, after all, needs to have nuclear power. Luhut, a retired Army general, recalled a moment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last month, in which he spoke to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, asking: “Who has […]

MELAKA: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has inked a coal import agreement with Indonesia’s coal exporters, involving imports worth US$3 billion (US$1=RM4.37) for three years.

Indonesia needs to sign a new renewable energy contract in the next three years to counter its massive demographic shift, according to a report in ‘Indonesia Clean Energy Outlook’. The country is Southeast Asia’s largest economy and democracy and is rapidly approaching a demographic shift in the next ten years. Experts claim that Asia’s next clean energy battle will […]

October 29 (Renewables Now) – Total Solar Distributed Generation has completed the installation of a rooftop photovoltaic (PV) array at a site of Indonesian petrochemical company Chandra Asri Petrochemical (IDX:TPIA). The solar power plant at Chandra Asri’s facility in Cilegon, a coastal city in Banten province, will be able to produce more than 390 MWh […]

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and LG Chem, two of the world’s top producers of batteries for electric vehicles (EV), have signalled they may join projects that could see US$20 billion (S$27.2 billion) more invested in supply chains in Indonesia, according to the country’s government.