Indonesia inaugurates Southeast Asia’s first EV battery factory
Last September, Indonesia inaugurated its first EV battery factory, also the first in Southeast Asia. Powered by renewable energy, this factory is located in the Central Sulawesi province, at the Neo Energy Morowali Industrial Estate.
Optimizing Renewable Energy, UGM Develops ‘Antasena’ Turbine for 3T Regions

Researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DTMI) at the UGM Faculty of Engineering (FT UGM) have collaborated with the PLN Research and Development Center to develop a wind turbine.
Thailand and Indonesia lead Southeast Asia’s EV shift

The automotive industry is changing as it charges up electric vehicles. In Southeast Asia, the leading vehicle-producing regions, Thailand and Indonesia, are embracing this gear shift and developing new strategies to maintain and even improve their position in the road to electrification.
Mitsubishi Power to retrofit Darajat geothermal power plant in Indonesia
Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI), has received a turnkey contract from Star Energy Geothermal Darajat II, Ltd (SEG), a geothermal power producer in Indonesia, for the retrofit of Unit 3 at its Darajat geothermal power plant in Java. Mitsubishi Power will upgrade the steam turbine and related equipment, […]
BRIN encourages optimization of mangrove use for carbon trading

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Engineer of the Climate and Atmospheric Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Arief Darmawan called for optimizing mangrove use to maximize Indonesia’s carbon trading potential.
Gerindra Party: The Free Nutritious Meal Program Will Need 48,000 Kitchens

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Deputy Chair of the Gerindra Party, Rahayu Saraswati, said the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program is currently still in the trial stage before being implemented in 2025.
Indonesia begins major oil, gas exploration in Sulawesi

Indonesia’s state-owned oil company Pertamina, along with foreign partners Sinopec from China and Kuwait’s Kufpec, has signed a contract to explore the Melati oil and gas block off the coast of Sulawesi.
Prabowo aims to boost Indonesia’s energy security through oil and gas reforms, biofuels

JAKARTA, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s new government aims to revive oil and gas production, with plans to cut regulations, reactivate idle wells and enhance output at producing assets in hopes of reversing a decades-long decline in output, officials have said.