PT SMI, European Union, KfW, and AFD Join Forces to Accelerate Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (Persero) (“PT SMI”) and the European Union (“EU”), together with German KfW Development Bank (“KfW”) and Agence Française de Développement (“AFD”) are taking concrete steps to work together in achieving sustainable development in Indonesia under the SDG Indonesia One Platform. Sustainable infrastructure development is believed as one of […]

Indonesia looks at policy revamp to keep biodiesel program alive

JAKARTA/ SINGAPORE, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Indonesia must make policy changes to ensure it can keep subsidising its ambitious biodiesel program, the head of a government agency in charge of collecting and managing palm oil export levies, told a virtual conference on Wednesday.

Indonesia’s coal gasification programme needs subsidy -experts

JAKARTA, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Indonesia would need to subsidise the coal-derived substitute that it has hung its hopes on to reduce its import bill for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), industry experts told Asia’s biggest coal industry event said on Wednesday.