Ministry of Finance encourages geothermal energy exploration
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Finance is encouraging exploration and investment in the geothermal energy sector by preparing risk mitigation through the Government Drilling program. “This program assists the government in new well exploration which is currently considered costly and risky,” Director General of State Wealth Isa Rachmatarwata said in a discussion in Jakarta, […]
Freeport’s copper export quota triples to 700,000 tons
KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry decided this month to increase mining company Freeport Indonesia’s copper concentrate export quota to 700,000 wet metric tons (wmt), a more than threefold increase on the previous quota of 198,282 wmt. The ministry’s minerals director Yunus Saefulhak told reporters in Jakarta on Friday that the decision was […]
Energy Minister resolves to electrify Indonesia 100 percent by 2020
Bandung, W Java (ANTARA) – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan has outlined an ambitious target to achieve a milestone in the power sector, with 100 percent electrification in Indonesia by 2020. “Until August, (the electrification ratio) had reached 98.9 percent completion. With a monthly increase of some 0.1 percent, the target of 100 […]
East Indonesia sees 90MW of additional power come online
MAN Energy Solutions said in a statement that two of the plants are each equipped with three 18V51/60DF engines providing the cities of Bima and Sumbawa with 50MW of electric power each for the grid of the province of West Nusa Tenggara. The third power plant in Maumere on the island of Flores is powered […]
Indonesian haze returns to Malaysia?
Last Friday, on 6 September, Malaysia’s Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) along with the Department of Environment (DOE), released a statement informing the public that the government will be in talks with its Indonesian counterpart in order to address transboundary haze. This was after they found that the Air Pollutant […]
Capital in waiting: trepidation in corner of Borneo earmarked as the new Jakarta
Sugio’s orchard is his life’s work and a great source of pride for the 79-year-old resident of Tengin Baru village in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan. The orchard sits back from the main road, which in places is no more than a potholed track that cuts through jungles and villages. The plot of land is tranquil and […]
Meet the environment defenders fighting for clean energy in Southeast Asia
What chance do clean energy activists in Southeast Asia stand in the only part of the world where coal is gaining share in the energy mix? Coal-fired power generation is growing faster than every other source of energy in the region, and nowhere faster than Vietnam, where coal generation is expected to increase by 544 per cent between 2014 and 2030. ENERGY Coal […]
Indonesia Will Struggle to Meet 2025 Renewables Target: Moody’s
Jakarta. Global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service believes Indonesia is unlikely to achieve its renewable energy target by 2025 and expects coal to continue to dominate the country’s energy mix over the next five to seven years. Indonesia wants to derive 23 percent of the its primary energy needs from renewable sources, such as geothermal, solar […]
