Indonesia Eyeing to Invest in Electric Vehicle Battery Cells
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Ministry of Industry announced that it is eyeing on the electric vehicle (EV) battery industry which is foreseen to constantly grow in the domestic market. This coincides with Presidential Decree No.55/2019 on the accelerated program of electric vehicle battery and transportation. “The regulation urges for the optimization of local contents which will later improve our industry’s […]
Industry Ministry Partners With Gojek, Grab in Electric Vehicle Test
Jakarta. The Industry Ministry is partnering up with ride-hailing companies Gojek Indonesia and Grab Indonesia on a project testing electric motorbikes. The test aims to find out the level of energy efficiency that can be achieved using electric vehicles and mobile battery-sharing. New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan’s largest public management organization, is also involved in the project. […]
Indonesia to relax import rules for completely built unit in electric vehicles segment
To accelerate the entry of electric vehicles in Indonesia, the government of President Jokowi Widodo plans to allow manufacturers to bring completely built units or CBU parts. With this plan, the government hopes the sale of these vehicles in the market will stimulate the buyers to own them. But the chair of the Indonesian Automotive Industries Association (Gaikindo), Yohanes Nangoi criticised the move. He reminded […]
Indonesia picks coal and oil heartland as site of new capital city
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s new capital city will sit at the nexus of the country’s coal and oil hubs in eastern Borneo, the president revealed on Aug. 26. President Joko Widodo, who has long teased relocating the capital from the chronically congested and fast-sinking Jakarta, announced that the new capital would straddle the border between the two districts of North […]
PLN and ESDM partner in exploration on geothermal project at Mataloko, Indonesia
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and PT PLN (Persero) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) of exploration studies and drilling of production wells in the Mataloko Geothermal Working Area (WKP). The MOU was signed by the Head of Geology Agency Rudy Suhendar and PLN’s Strategic Procurement 1 Director Sripeni Inten Cahyani in July […]
Many fires, less water
Precautionary measures to deal with severe drought and its impacts may have become routine for Indonesia, but the practice has not yet been made perfect. With climate change continuing to show its ill effects, Indonesia needs extra efforts to mitigate environmental disasters. The wildfires that are now raging in Brazil’s Amazon at a record rate […]
Transportation Minister calls for development of electric buses
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has stated that he will encourage the use of electric buses as a mode of public transport particularly in urban areas. The operator of TransJakarta plans to utilize electric buses which are environmentally friendly, he said during a discussion in Jakarta on Friday. However, the operator did […]
PT PLN Gas & Geothermal developing 8 geothermal projects in Indonesia as PLN subsidiary
We stumbled across a rather interesting company profile shared by Panas Bumi News in Indonesia, that provides a good overview on PT PLN Gas & Geothermal (PLN GG). The company is relatively newly established and a subsidiary of national utility PT PLN (Persero). Initially the company was only to focus on geothermal fields, and with […]
