JAKARTA :Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil biodiesel user, is now working to introduce bioethanol mandates for gasoline to further cut fuel imports and carbon emissions, but it will first have to secure more bio feedstock and solve thorny technical problems.

PT VKTR Teknologi Mobilitas (VKTR), the Indonesian importer of Chinese made BYD electric buses, announced plans to build a bus assembly plant in the country.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Electric Mobility Ecosystem Association (AEML) and AC Ventures released a report dubbed ‘Indonesia’s Electric Vehicle Outlook: Supercharging Tomorrow’s Mobility’. It projects up to a 10-percent increase in the country’s electric motorbike market.

Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan highlighted that the government is striving to continually boost trade cooperation with South Korea through efforts, including increasing investment in electric cars.

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) has signed several agreements and partnerships during the 11th Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mines New Energy Directorate (EBKTE) Exhibition.

Jakarta. Chinese oil company PetroChina has launched the drilling campaign involving 14 oil and gas wells at Jabung block in the Indonesian province of Jambi after winning a 20-year extension of the exploration contract, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Tbk (PGE) has prepared a capital expenditure (capex) budget of US$250 million in 2023. PGE Finance Director Nelwin Aldriansyah noted in a statement obtained here Tuesday that the 2023 capital expenditure budget rose 316.67 percent year-on-year (yoy) as compared to only US$60 million recorded in the previous year.

Jakarta. Australia will provide $50 million in climate funding to Indonesia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as startups, according to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when hosting President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in Sydney.

The World Bank said on Tuesday it had approved a $1.14 billion project to expand access to cleaner electricity in Indonesia, for which it will provide $500 million in financial support, and $600 million toward a project to improve childhood nutrition.

The Electric Mobility Ecosystem Association (AEML) and AC Ventures released a report dubbed ‘Indonesia’s Electric Vehicle Outlook: Supercharging Tomorrow’s Mobility’. It projects up to a 10-percent increase in the country’s electric motorbike market.