Jauhari Mahardhika & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Global carmaker Ford Motor Company has acquired an 8.5 percent stake in the Indonesian nickel mining firm, Kolaka Nickel Indonesia, f

BeritaSatu, Morowali, Central Sulawesi – Indonesian authorities have halted the operations of Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS), a Chinese-funded nickel and steel processing co

Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan revealed that a large lithium reserve found in the Indonesian territory can support t

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Nine new renewable energy projects worth a combined Rp 51 trillion have seen their financing dry up as a result of international lenders' unwillingness to meet

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif on Friday called for the increased utilization of domestic gas reserves while aiming to curtail the

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina is planning to make an investment worth $900 million in Algeria over the next decades, according to Foreign Minister

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has begun studies to map the potential of rare earth minerals in domestic coal and is also considering other ways to in

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry announced that only registered users will be able to purchase subsidized 3 kg LPG canisters starting from January

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia is expected to see the lowest investment realization in renewable energy projects in six years, despite the country's aim to decarbonize its electricit

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Experts say a planned revision of the government's green taxonomy causes uncertainty for Indonesia's energy transition as it excludes the "red" category and swit

James Guild – With the recent release of its Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan, Indonesia now has a roadmap for its Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Co-captain of the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (Amin) campaign team, Thomas Lembong assessed that the nickel downstream policy introduced by President Joko Wi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Malinau, Indonesia – Indonesia's newly revised energy transition plan includes a more stringent limit on carbon emissions, an increase in the share of renewable ener

Dessy Sagita, Marchio Gorbiano – Sania sits in front of her home in Indonesia, less than a kilometer from Southeast Asia's biggest coal complex, where chimneys pump dark gray smoke and

Dubai – Indonesia and the Asian Development Bank have agreed a provisional deal with the owners of the Cirebon-1 coal-fired power plant to shutter it almost seven years earlier than pla

Fathul Rakhman, East Lombok, Indonesia – Takdir spent years protesting against the sand mine by his home on the east coast of Lombok, an island east of Bali in Indonesia's West Nusa Ten

Jakarta – Indonesia's oil and gas lifting is expected to come in below target this year due to disruptions like a pipe leakage and a fire at a power cable, the country's upstream oil an

Jakarta – The Indonesian Coal Mining Association (ICMA) expects the country's 2023 coal output to surpass the official target of 695 million metric tons, a group official said on Wednes

Jakarta – When Indonesia's Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Secretariat officially released its delayed Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan (CIPP) last Tuesday, nobody was

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto promised that he would stop importing fuel oil (BBM) if he was elected president in the upcoming 2024 elections.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia must reconsider its coal price cap policy to expedite renewable energy development in the country, according to analysts.

Adinda Jasmine Prasetyo, Jakarta – The running presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto promised energy self-sufficiency for Indonesia and to halt fuel import if he's elected as presiden

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Indonesian government launched 51 One-Price Fuel policy distribution stations today, Friday, November 24, 2023.

Shardul Sharma – The Timor-Leste government has granted the Sunrise joint venture, comprising state-owned Timor Gap, Australia's Woodside Energy, and Japan's Osaka Gas, the green light

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Russia is offering to work with Indonesia on nuclear power generators while saying that the cooperation can range from possible financing to workforce deve

Yohanes Maharso Joharsoyo, Jakarta – Indonesian-owned electricity giant PT PLN inaugurated 21 Green Hydrogen Plants (GHP) spread across the archipelago at the Tanjung Priok Steam Gas Po

Jakarta – The government and the major shareholders of PT Vale Indonesia nickel company, namely state-owned mine holding company MIND ID, Vale Canada Ltd (VCL) and Sumitomo Metal Mining

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to start collecting levies from coal miners in January to be used to compensate miners who sell coal to the state utility at lower prices, the mining minister

Jakarta – Indonesia launched on Tuesday (Nov 21) its investment plan to mobilise US$20 billion in financing pledged by global lenders led by the United States and Japan to accelerate it

Indonesia's Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) is a fund of up to US $20 billion earmarked for investment in clean energy over the next three to five years.

Jakarta – Indonesia's leading presidential hopefuls are considering a push to end the state power utility's monopoly as part of efforts to speed up the transition to greener energy, the

Jakarta – The Indonesian government said it would complete a contract extension for PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) by the end of this month, as it seeks to increase its ownership in the c

Hong Kong – China can play a key role in Indonesia's clean energy transition, providing the financing and technology needed to make the shift from coal power to renewable energy, expert

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia's early coal retirement program has received paltry funding in the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), which experts say indicates how hard it i

Divya Karyza, Manila – The three presidential candidates have expressed their intention to reduce Indonesia's reliance on coal and increase the share of renewables as the government str

Jakarta – The police busted illegal fuel storehouses in Pati, Central Java, which had allegedly hoarded subsidized diesel fuel intended for illegal commercial use.

Chandra Asmara – Indonesia has opened a floating solar plant in West Java, part of a plan to take advantage of its reservoirs to generate more renewable electricity.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Secretariat, tasked with implementing a US$20 billion global effort to reduce carbon emissions in Indonesia, has ma

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has warned Indonesia's acting regional heads to be prepared for rising world oil prices due to the ongoing war between the Palestinian m

Jayapura, Jubi – The government's push for woody biomass as an eco-friendly solution to energy transition and carbon emissions reduction has faced criticism from 29 civil society organi

Jakarta – Indonesia will exclude coal-fired power plants operated by industrial estates from its investment plan for a G7-led funding programme to decarbonise its power sector, sources

Jakarta (VNA) – Reserves of high-grade nickel ore in Indonesia may be exhausted in around six years, risking shortages of the material used to make stainless steel, according to the Ind

Ilham Azhar Lubis – After losing in The Dispute settlement with the European Union at the WTO on the basis of national mineral downstream policy, especially for nickel ore, in December

Ninda Dwi Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Energy Democracy Coalition consisting of several NGOs, namely Greenpeace, Enter Nusantara, and 350.org Indonesia staged a confrontational creative act

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) reported that the country's geothermal energy is capable of producing up to 24 gigawatts of electricity.

Jakarta – United States-based NuScale Power and ThorCon Power are planning to construct new nuclear power plants (PLTNs) in Indonesia despite the current lack of approval from the Indon

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Gold and copper mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has announced plans to invest approximately US$1 billion in a new power plant to shift from coal as an

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Iceland is seeking to partner with Indonesia as the latter tries to harness its largely untapped geothermal potential.

The global transition to electric vehicles is driving rapid expansion of Indonesia's nickel industry – but do the benefits outweigh the costs?

Jakarta – Our government spends a significant chunk of state revenue on a single purpose: to make energy appear cheap for consumers and enterprises. But that comes at a cost.