TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government has set target for Indonesian electrification ratio at 99.9 percent in 2019 with higher contribution of renewable energy. Data at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry showed that in the past eight years, ratio electrification has risen from 67.2 percent to 98.05 percent with electricity still generated mainly with fossil energy. […]

Presidential candidate’s big push strategy includes food, water, energy self-sufficiency Indonesia’s presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has said he has a “big push strategy” to make the country a prosperous nation, catching up with some of its South-east Asian neighbours. Among the core programmes is achieving self-sufficiency in food, energy and water, Mr Prabowo said in […]

The government is reducing the use of fuel and gas for electricity, a policy that is stipulated in a revision of the Electricity Procurement Plan (RUPTL) from 2019 to 2028, which is being discussed by the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry and state-owned electricity company PLN. The policy is part of a wider effort to […]

Indonesia’s consumption of domestic coal for power generation will almost double from 84 million t in 2018 to 157 million t by 2027. This increases power generation’s share of domestic consumption from 18.5% to 33.6%, which is likely to displace export tonnage. Another factor contributing to the higher coal consumption is that Indonesia’s new power […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]