Many countries in the world are now competing to apply new and renewable energy (EBT) for their sustainable economic growth. For Southeast Asian countries that depend on the agriculture and livestock industries, slower progress in introducing and adopting EBT could bring a real challenge to their gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the long term.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – State-owned energy company PT Pertamina is seeking to become a world-class player in green electricity generation based on geothermal energy by pursuing a number of technological innovations to increase geothermal utilization.

American gas and chemical supplier Air Products is set to invest up to $2 billion (£1.6bn) in a coal-to-methanol production facility in Indonesia. Investment holding company PT. Bakrie Capital Indonesia and coal infrastructure company PT. Ithaca Resources will supply coal to the facility and sell the produced methanol within Indonesia – Air Products will build, own and operate […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indonesia’s electric vehicle drive is likely to overtake its ambitious biodiesel programme within a decade, but will only achieve its aim of helping curb climate change if the country ramps up clean energy investment, environmental researchers say.

Singapore — The fate of seven major Indonesian thermal coal producers is hanging in the balance amid government regulation uncertainties after a mining contract for one of the miners was revoked, stoking fears of a similar rejection for other contracts coming up for renewal in the next couple of years. According to local media reports, three […]

Singapore — Singapore is set to shift toward LNG to meet the bulk of its gas demand in the coming years as piped natural gas supply contracts are discontinued and LNG import capacity is expanded, with a new floating regasification plant planned in the next decade. The commodity trading hub’s increasing reliance on LNG underscores […]

KUALA LUMPUR: Aneka Jaringan Holdings Bhd and Samaiden Group Bhd have entered into a joint-venture (JV) agreement to tap into Indonesia’s energy market. Samaiden said the JV would create new revenue streams for both companies via engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and power plants in Indonesia.

It is willing to offer top technologies to customers in Indonesia as its power market is expected to grow at a tremendous rate. Ansaldo Energia has been active in Indonesia for over 20 years and has two recent installations in the country. It has recently completed the supply of two gas turbines in Grati Power […]

Indonesian coal exports rose sharply in December 2020, with shipments to China reaching an all-time high, Argus Media has reported. The increase took overall shipments for the last year to 407 million t, slightly higher than a government-set target for the year of 400 million t, although exports for the whole of 2020 fell on the year […]

An abrupt ban on coal exports by the Indonesian government for the whole month of January, on fears of a domestic supply shortage, should be a wake-up call to hasten the country’s transition away from the fossil fuel, experts say.