Indonesia aims to provide access to electricity to nearly all corners of the archipelago by the end of this year. We visit one of several eastern islands transformed by electricity.
Energy
Indonesia has the potential to generate 788,000 megawatts (MW) of power from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal.
Mass power outages across Java raise questions about the reliability of Indonesia’s electricity networks. Is there another way forward for Indonesia’s energy sector?
Sunday’s outage, which also hit neighbouring provinces, spread across an area populated by more than 100 million people and appeared to have affected most of the capital.
Climate change is projected to increase the incidence of droughts, leading to a possible doubling of dry El Niño conditions. Hence, more significant commitments are needed to reduce fires and haze.
Unclear incentives, historical subsidies, inconsistent policies and market monopolies are hampering Indonesia’s achievement of its emissions reduction targets.
Indonesia’s population growth, urbanisation…
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged cities across the country to set up waste-to-energy plants this year to tackle the country’s
If PLN continues with its current plans, Indonesia will have 12.5 gigawatts of unneeded fossil fuel capacity, resulting in approximately US$12.7 billion in wasted investment.
The Indonesian Ministry for State-owned Enterprises (Badan Usaha Milik Negara, or BUMN) has brought electricity to over 60,000 families in West Java Read more
Indonesia has been experiencing the weakening of the Rupiah against the US Dollar within the past few months as it stood at Read more
President Joko Widodo inaugurated Sidrap Wind Farm Monday, 2 July 2018. Construction began in August 2015 and it is the first of Read more
Fintech continues to flourish, as Indonesia awaits the birth of its fifth unicorn. Hundreds of new startups are emerging, with some taking Read more
