As climate talks near, pressure grows on Asia to cancel new coal projects

Source: The Jakarta PostDate: September 14, 2021  New coal projects in decline as financing disappearsAsia at the center of world's remaining coal pipelineMeasures needed to mitigate unemployment, inequalities With six nations accounting for over 80 percent of planned new coal projects globally...

Commentary: Is carbon neutrality possible for coal-addicted Indonesia?

Source: Channel News Asia Date: 23 July 2021  State utility company PLN has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060, but the pledge merits greater scrutiny, says a researcher. In May 2021, Indonesia's biggest utility company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), pledged to phase out fossil fuels by 2060 ...

Do Not Revive Coal: Planned Asia coal plants a danger to Paris

Source: Carbon TrackerDate: June 30, 2021 Renewables continue to increase their cost competitiveness versus coal, with 27% of the global coal fleet unprofitable today. Do Not Revive Coal is the third annual report in Carbon Tracker's Powering Down Coal series. The report finds around 70% of the glob...

Indonesia says no new coal plants from 2023 (after the next 100 or so)

Source: Mongabay Date: 12 May 2021 Indonesia plans to stop building new coal-fired plants after 2023, with additional electrical capacity to be generated only from new and renewable sources.Development experts and the private sector have welcomed the plan, but some say it's not ambitious enough sinc...

Indonesia, key for energy transition in the region

 Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 26 April 2021 The global energy transition has crossed many milestones over the past decade, surpassing most expectations. Thanks to technological innovation, entrepreneurship and risk-taking by policymakers and businesses, the installed capacity grew sevenfold f...

PLN subsidiary to test biomass mixing on 15 coal power plants in 2020

Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 29 September 2020 State electricity company PLN's subsidiary, PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali (PJB), aims to complete biomass mixing tests on its 15 coal-fired power plants by the end of this year as the company vows to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint, an executive says.&...

Indonesian coal plant taints South Korea's green pledge

Source: Reuters Date: 16 July 2020 Indonesian fisherman Ramidin says he used to catch stingray by paddling just off the shore of his village, but as a giant coal power complex nearby has expanded over the last three decades, he has had to venture further and further out to sea. Now, state-...