Bec Strating – Woodside Energy will exit the Greater Sunrise oil and gas project in the Timor Sea – a surprising announcement after a 25-year involvement in the development plans and re

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia would need to build 320 ethanol production plants to support a proposed nationwide program to blend gasoline with 50% ethanol, known as E50, Higher Education

Stephen Dziedzic, Daniel Mercer, Nick Sas – Timor-Leste has vowed to press ahead with its controversial plan to build a pipeline from the Greater Sunrise gas fields to its south coast a

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Two offshore natural gas projects in East Kalimantan, developed with a combined investment of $891 million, are expected to become fully operational by the en

Padang, Indonesia – Four gold miners were killed after a hillside in the Jorong Jujutan forest of Sumatra's South Solok district gave way in the early hours of Oct. 6.

Petaling Jaya – Two nuclear power plants will be installed within Indonesian waters, at a spot about 3,000km from Kuala Lumpur, or 1,400km from Kota Kinabalu, five years from now.

Aaron Bunch – Dwindling aid is forcing the Asia-Pacific region's youngest nation to maintain its unhealthy addiction to fossil fuels, an Australian clean energy summit has been told.

Stephen Dziedzic and Lydia Feng – Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta has declared that his country will sign the first agreements for the long-stalled Greater Sunrise gas project ea

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Bali Police uncovered alleged misuse of subsidized fuel, as well as hoarding and resale of fuel at prices far above the official price.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Experts have urged state electricity company PLN's new leadership to improve power reliability, warning that recurring blackouts could deter investment in

Johnny Johan Sompotan, Denpasar – The Bali provincial government has introduced three days of work-from-home arrangements and online learning from Oct.

Heru Febrianto, Jakarta – The government should restrict exports of medium- and high-calorific-value coal until the fuel requirements of state electricity company PLN are met, an energy

Johnny Johan Sompotan, Batam – A widespread power outage plunged much of Batam and its surrounding areas into darkness on Monday, disrupting water supplies and airport facilities, with

Raja Ampat is not yet safe.

Lorencia Sariani Tondang, Jakarta – Indonesia is accelerating oil exploration and production as global crude prices climb above $100 a barrel and domestic output remains below 600,000 b

Chairunisa – The government plans to build 33 Waste to Electrical Energy (PSEL) processing facilities with an investment value of 89 trillion rupiah, which is the concern of the Indones

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's state electricity company PT PLN (Persero) revealed that its 159 data center customers consumed 2,378 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy.

Hayat Indriyatno, Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Communities living near Mount Ungaran in Indonesia's Central Java province have slammed plans to revive a geothermal power project there, sayin

Andy Home, London – Indonesia is learning that building a dominant position in the nickel market is the easy part.

Antara, Makassar – The South Sulawesi provincial government has introduced an odd-even license plate system for purchases of subsidized Pertalite gasoline and diesel at fuel stations ac

Antara, Jakarta – A landslide occurred at an illegal gold mining site in Dongi Dongi Village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, on Friday, September 11, striking several miners.

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Raya Aulia Jenar, Jakarta – Coordinator of Power Outage Advocacy at the Borneo Nusantara Legal Aid Institute (LBH Borneo Nusantara), Muhammad Pazri, revealed the latest developments in

Politicians always find opportunity in adversity. The latest example can be found in the revision of the Oil and Gas Law. Since 2015, the draft revision of Law No.

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Monday broke ground on a national strategic project that will convert coal into methanol at the Batuta Chemical Industrial Park (

Muawwan Daelami, Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Wednesday broke ground on a Rp 3 trillion ($169.4 million) waste-to-energy plant in Bekasi, with the facility targeted to begin o

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto, alongside the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, has officially launched the 100 GW Solar Power Plant Program and Battery Ene

The government's plan to replace 3-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with compressed natural gas (CNG) is both welcome and concerning because of the lack of transparency.

Peh Ko Hsu and Siwage Dharma Negara – Indonesia has managed to surpass targets for renewable energy.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia' Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is pushing regional governments to promote the Geothermal Working Areas (WKP) development in their respectiv

Wicaksono Gitawan, Cinthia Leone – Whenever war threatens one of the world's main oil shipping routes, governments are reminded of an old truth: energy security is never just another po

Yenni Kwok, Numbing Island, Indonesia – The waters off Numbing Island, part of the Riau archipelago between Sumatra and Singapore, are among Indonesia's richest fishing grounds.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's nickel boom is colliding with its efforts to protect biodiversity and reduce emissions from forests and other land uses.

Doug Bright – A recently completed drone-based aerial geophysical survey has lit up a grab-bag of new drill targets for Estrella Resources it plans to test during an upcoming initial 30

Laura Oliver, Jakarta – Raja Ampat, one of the world's most biodiverse marine regions, remains under pressure from Indonesia's expanding nickel industry as three companies continue to s

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has been buying large numbers of African crude this year, according to official statistics, as Jakarta draws attention for its Russian contracts.

The shortage of subsidized fuels such as Pertalite and diesel in various regions exposes the poor state of national energy management.

Yulia Savitri, Palembang – In South Sumatra's Muara Maung village, coal mining has become an inescapable part of daily life, with expanding operations choking the community's air, land

The purchase of crude oil from Russia has become a bitterly sarcastic, textbook embodiment of the adage "laughing oneself to death, the Russian way" (mati ketawa cara Rusia).

Fugro has won a contract to carry out offshore site characterization surveys supporting the Greater Sunrise and Bayu Undan energy developments offshore Timor-Leste.

Bambang Ismoyo, Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Tanimbar Islands, Maluku – Indonesia on Thursday officially revived the long-delayed Masela LNG project, marking a major milestone for one of t

Erfan Maruf, Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Indonesia's nationwide B50 biodiesel mandate will require 23.3 million metric tons of crude palm oil (CPO) each year, an increase of 8.5 million

Craig Nolan – Estrella Resources' exploration program in the southeast nation of Timor-Leste has unearthed two super high-grade samples of copper at its Sica prospect, grading 60.34 per

Leonard AL Cahyoputra, Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to increase the palm oil blend in its biodiesel can be risky if the country lacks a robust supply chain and p

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan – More than 15,000 workers at coal mining companies in East Kalimantan province face potential layoffs as the government has yet

Singapore – The Republic inked an agreement with Indonesia's nuclear energy regulator on June 30 to collaborate on areas including radiation protection, emergency preparedness, radiatio

Vidya Pinandhita, Jakarta – The recent price increase of nonsubsidized fuels has forced commuters and high-mobility workers to switch to subsidized fuels in an attempt to cut transporta

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesian palm oil farmers have warned the government that smallholders are the ones who will bear the brunt of a hasty biodiesel program expansion.

One of the bitterest ironies this year is the fact that Indonesia has abundant coal reserves, but coal-fired power plants (PLTUs) are experiencing fuel shortages.

Tempo, Jakarta – Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has claimed that the supply issue for medium-rank coal for steam power plants (PLTU) has been fully r