Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesia is still waiting for cheaper financing to hasten early retirement of coal-fired power plants under a pact with the rich nations of the G7 grouping, senio

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to establish the Nuclear Energy Program Implementation Organization (NEPIO) this year, a key step in its nuclear energy strategy that includes plans f

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that it will pursue the energy transition at its own pace and in ways that match the country's economic goals and fiscal ability, s

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A controversial zinc-and-lead mine being developed on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has hit a roadblock after the country's Supreme Court ordered the re

Melisa Cavcic – Australia's energy giant Santos has signed a new mid-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract with Glencore Singapore (Glencore) and hammered out a deal for the

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Feiral Rizky Batubara, Jakarta – The government launched an extensive program in 2007 to replace kerosene with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as the primary cooking fuel in homes.

The Santos-led Bayu-Undan joint venture (JV) has agreed on the terms for a sale and purchase deed with TIMOR GAP, allowing the Timor-Leste state-owned company to join the Bayu-Undan ups

Asad Asnawi, Pacitan, Indonesia – Indonesia's mining ministry has ordered a suspension of operations at a controversial copper mine on Java Island following claims by local farmers that

Antara, Jakarta – PT PLN (Persero), through its subsidiary PLN Batam, in collaboration with PT Aruna Cahaya Pratama (Aruna PV), has successfully launched Indonesia's largest ground-moun

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – A researcher from the Action for Ecology and People's Emancipation (AEER), Pius Ginting, believed that decarbonization efforts of the nickel industry would be u

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is currently seeking the Singaporean government's green light before it can start exporting solar power to the city-state, according to a senior

Peter Milne – Santos could lose control of its Bayu Undan gas project north of Darwin on Friday unless it agrees with the Timor-Leste government to give it a share of the project, accor

Antara, Jakarta – Islamic organization Muhammadiyah is expected to receive management rights over former coal mining concessions previously held by Adaro Energy or Arutmin Indonesia, as

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans to establish the first nuclear power plant (PLTN) in the country by 2032.

Jakarta – Chairman of the country's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Yahya Cholil Staquf, on Thursday held a meeting with outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – The government has granted the country's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) the concession to manage 26,000 hectares of coal mine.

Asad Asnawi, Trenggalek/Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organization faces a growing backlash following a decision to enter the coal mining industry, with mor

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced on Tuesday plans to retire 13 coal-fired power plants due to their high carbon emissions.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A Russian diplomat talked Tuesday about the possibility of Moscow striking a deal on nuclear power generation with Indonesia, saying Jakarta has to be spec

Eko Listiyorini – Indonesia is seeking to blend more palm oil with diesel to cut its use of fossil fuels, with the ambitious target raising the risk of tightening supply of the tropical

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman soft launched the use of B50 biodiesel in South Kalimantan on Sunday, harnessing Indonesia's abundance of crude palm oil (CPO).

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan says the government is studying the possible early retirement of the Suralaya coal-fired p

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang, Indonesia – A law enforcement crackdown against widespread opportunist oil extraction has shuttered at least 95 illegal wells following a spate of deaths in In

Iim Halimatusa'diyah – The leadership of Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organisation has decided to accept a government mining licence, just like the largest.

Bhima Yudhistira – Indonesia's next president, Prabowo Subianto, will be inaugurated in October.

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – The National Research and Innovation Agency or BRIN proposed a solution to overcome air pollution by using nuclear technology.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia can save up to a whopping Rp 50 trillion (around $3 billion) annually if the country makes use of artificial intelligence or AI to make sure that the fuel su

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PT PLN called off its 13.3 gigawatts (GW) of steam power plants (PLTU) previously planned in the 2019-2028 Elect

Ahmad Rizky M Umar – In an unprecedented move that has angered climate activists, Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisations, Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), have accepted offers

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government is looking to partner with Chinese state-owned oil and gas company Sinopec to set up enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects in several depleting oil

Budhy Nurgianto, Jakarta – The Presidential Palace has denied allegations that President Joko Widodo or Jokowi's daughter, Kahiyang Ayu, and her husband, Bobby Nasution, hold mining per

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin recently said that he had no problem with religious groups getting to operate coal mines as long as their mining activitie

Falahi Mubarok, Irfan Maulana, Jakarta – Islamic groups claiming more than 160 million followers across the world's largest Muslim-majority country are set to operate coal mines, after

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – In a push for better governance of the mining industry, the government has expanded the Mineral and Coal Information System (Simbara) to now cover nickel

Nugroho Adi Sasongko – The Indonesian government's policy to ban raw nickel ore exports from January 2020 was a game changer, driving significant investments in downstream processing in

Jakarta – Coal firms in major CO2 emitter Indonesia are overlooking planet-warming methane emissions, obscuring the full environmental impact of their operations, according to a report

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – Investment Minister/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Bahlil Lahadalia, has acknowledged that local communities near mining operations have

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government is defending its decision to allow religious groups to manage mining areas, saying that these organizations are very much capable of doing t

Yogyakarta – A group of people held a silent demonstration in front of the Aisyiyah University (Unisa) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta, which is to be the location of a Muhammadi

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is stepping up cooperation with Chinese companies to increase the country's oil and gas reserves and production, according to Director of Ups

Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Chinese companies are in talks with potential investors to reduce their stakes in Indonesian nickel smelters amid efforts to make their products eligible for

Ikhsan Reliubun, Jakarta – The Central Board of Muhammadiyah, a major Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia, stated that they had decided to take the mining business licens

Usman Hamid and Ary Hermawan – The controversial policy of the outgoing Joko "Jokowi" Widodo government to grant coal mining concessions to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) – Indonesia's largest Is

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Ministers from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration have brought the topic of the subsidized fuel, Pertalite, back into the spotlight.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government has launched an online tracking system for nickel and tin shipments to increase state revenue and improve governance in the mining sector.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The world's second-largest coconut producer Indonesia is eyeing the production of sustainable aviation fuel as a means to derive more value from the fruit.

Bella Evanglista, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is confident that Indonesia can dominate up to 85 percent of the global nickel market through a partnership with the United Ar

Pribadi Wicaksono, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Regional Government (DIY) has recently ramped up efforts to combat illegal mining activities across various districts and cities in the pr

Jakarta – Here is a truth-or-dare challenge for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo. Truth, that the fuel subsidy is a gross waste of state financial resources.