Indonesia will host the 2023 World Hydropower Congress (WHC) which will be held in Bali in October. The Congress is a flagship activity for decision makers inside and outside the hydropower industry to help ensure energy security and achieve global net zero emissions. "This congress will provide hig...
Luhut Offers Investment to Japan in Hydropower Plant
Source: TEMPO.CODate: January 12, 2022 TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan offered investment opportunities to Japan to build hydroelectric power plants in a green industrial area in North Kalimantan.The offer was made during his meet...
Clean Rivers are Essential for Indonesia's Clean Energy Transition
Source: MongabayDate: January 11, 2022 Commentary by Warief Djajanto Basorie on 11 January 2022 • Indonesian President Joko Widodo has touted hydropower as key to the country's transition away from coal, which currently dominates the national energy mix. • But while Indonesia has a wealth of major r...
Indonesia’s First Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant to Support Energy Transition
Source: World BankDate: 10 September 2021. JAKARTA, September 10, 2021 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$380 million loan to develop Indonesia's first pumped storage hydropower plant, aiming to improve power generation capacity during peak demand, while support...
Batang Toru hydro plant ‘unnecessary’, energy analyst says
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 13 February 2020 A hydropower plant project in the Batang Toru ecosystem in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, has been lauded for its future role of supplying electricity to the supposedly underpowered province and helping curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions. Howe...