Electric vehicles must absorb local products: minister
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The production of electric vehicles must include locally manufactured components such as rubber, The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has stated. “For example, the products made of rubber that are used in the car, are made domestically and should be supplied to the factory,” Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said in […]
MHPS Completes 880MW Natural Gas-Fired GTCC, Jawa-2 Project for Indonesia’s State-owned Electricity Provider, PLN
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Oct 10, 2019 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) completed the installation and commissioning of the natural gas-fired gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) facilities for the “Jawa-2 Project.” The project, under the auspices of Indonesia’s state-owned electricity provider PT. PLN (Persero) is located at the Tanjung Priok Power Plant on […]
ABB will supply a prefabricated substation to harness geothermal power on Sumatra island
Working closely with PT Rekayasa Industri, an Indonesia Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company and their customer, PT Supreme Energy, ABB is engineering, manufacturing, supplying, installing and commissioning a prefabricated gas-insulated substation (GIS), which will be delivered on-site fully assembled and factory-tested. “ABB Power Grids delivers fully integrated modular, preassembled solutions that support customer needs,” […]
Indonesia launches agency to manage environment funds
JAKARTA: Indonesia launched an agency to manage funds for climate change management on Wednesday (Oct 9) as part of its efforts to meet its climate goals. “The objective is to have one pool for funds needed for environment recovery,” Ruandha Agung Sugardiman, director general of climate change at the Environment Ministry, told reporters. The new agency […]
Indonesia’s Duri Oil Surges to Widest Premium Ever on Ship Rules
Indonesia’s Duri crude surged to the biggest premium over the nation’s flagship Minas grade in at least 23 years as demand for heavy-sweet oil surges ahead of the introduction of cleaner ship-fuel rules. Duri oil can be directly blended to make low-sulfur shipping fuel, according to a company official at Indonesia’s state-owned marketer PT Pertamina, making it […]
ABB’s Substation Helps Indonesia Leverage Its Geothermal Potential, Bringing Clean Power To Half A Million Homes
ABB’s grid solution connects the new geothermal power plant near Rantau Dedap, located in a volcanic complex in a remote highland part of South Sumatra, far from the island’s main transmission system. The plant provides 220 megawatts of carbon-free electricity – enough to power almost 500,000 local homes. Working closely with PT Rekayasa Industri, an […]
Is market overestimating Indonesia’s ability to continue thermal coal supply for export market?
The economy of Indonesia is one of the largest in Southeast Asia with gross domestic product (GDP) of more than one trillion dollars, and coal has been at the heart of the nation’s energy policies for over four decades now. With total reserves of about 37 billion tonnes — more than 3 per cent of […]
Hundreds protest pollution from coal-fired power plant in Indonesian village
Hundreds of people in this city in central Java staged a protest last week demanding a meaningful solution to a long-running air pollution problem caused by ash from a coal-fired power plant. The protesters, from the village of Winong in Cilacap district, gathered outside the district environment agency office on Sept. 30 to call for […]
