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Tenggara Backgrounder August 29, 2025

Prabowo’s energy sovereignty faces contradictions in transition plans

President Prabowo Subianto announced that his administration aims to achieve a fully new and NRE mix within the next 10 years as part of his energy sovereignty agenda. This would also require Indonesia to accelerate its timeline for NZE, surpassing t...

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BACKGROUNDER

Prabowo’s energy sovereignty faces contradictions in transition plans

Indonesia bets on EV batteries to reinvigorate manufacturing

Indonesia RE export plan with Singapore, is PLN out?

Danantara’s planned corporate actions rife with contradictions

New RUPTL signals energy security prioritized over green transition

Govt to loosen local content requirements amid US tariff threat

$2 billion Qatar fund puts Danantara on the spot, expectations soar

Danantara launches with initial investment reaching US$20 billion

House approves KEN, prioritizing energy security over decarbonization

WTO rules in favor of RI, finds EU discriminated Indonesian palm oil

International carbon trading at IDXCarbon seeks to revive sluggish market

Pertamina RE business expands via cross-border share subscription

Bahlil appointed as head of downstream, energy resilience team

RI to implement B40 biodiesel mandate in 2025

Govt issues RUKN to achieve NZE 2060 as court alters Job Creation Law

New PLN commissioners amid change in energy SOEs’ boards

Legislative agenda excludes much-awaited asset forfeiture bill

Prabowo advances Indonesia’s agenda at APEC, G20 summits

Prabowo’s energy vision, backed by 1.2 billion euros in green financing

Political appointees helm Pertamina amid grandiose energy ambitions

Prabowo’s promises self-sufficiency amid energy trilemma

Conflicts of interest shroud Bahlil appointment as energy minister

Prabowo adds Russia to Indonesia’s strategic balancing act

Close ties with establishment wins NU lucrative coal mining business

Govt relaxes local content requirements for renewable energy

Revised Village Law at crossroads

Updated rooftop solar panels rulings eliminates net metering

Indonesia prepares itself for nuclear energy, Luhut to lead

Opposition candidates join forces in final VP debate

RI frustrated with developed countries' energy transition financing

Govt launches JETP investment plan with more ambitious targets

Anies-Muhaimin seeks to chart a new course from Jokowi government

Recent RI-US meetings signal stronger cooperation

RI seeks to kickstart coal-fired power plant retirement ahead of COP 28

BRI Forum: billion-dollar deals sealed, many on renewables

Pertamina to receive Rp 3.37 trillion in state capital injection

Jakarta breathes in crisis as govt scrambles to solve air pollution

Govt to ease requirements for electric motorcycle subsidy

RI doubtful over JETP funding for PLTU retirement, seeks options

Indonesian banks’ funding of coal industry contradicts climate efforts

RI to run market trial for 5-percent bioethanol mix

Golden Indonesia 2045 development plan prepared for next presidents

Johny fights back, offers himself as justice collaborator

RI bans bauxite exports as US implements IRA

General Electric's gas turbines fail Jawa-1 CCGT

Govt laments lack of G7 commitment for national energy transition

Air Products exits RI’s coal downstream projects

Carbon trading kicks off with 99 coal-fired power plants

PGE stock has yet to close higher than IPO price

RI launches JETP Secretariat to accelerate energy transition

Coal to remain as dominant energy source even after energy transition

RI-China reach agreement on Jakarta-Bandung HSR cost-overrun

Removal of export incentives reduces interest in residential solar panels

Govt rolls out red carpet for nuclear mining and processing

Dwi Soetjipto reappointed SKK Migas chair amid dwindling oil output

Govt to give free rice cookers to electrify cooking

RI receives flurry of global pledges to help retire coal plants early

Co-firing spearheads PLN’s efforts to go green

New, renewable energy bill to roll out red carpet for nuclear power

PTBA acquires PLN’s assets to rush coal-fired power plant retirement

Prioritizing economic recovery, Govt delays carbon tax until 2025

Erick creates holding SugarCo to cut imports, support energy transition

PLN restructuring paves way for subsidiary privatization

Jokowi issues renewable energy regulation with unattractive pricing scheme

Govt adopts mandatory B35 biodiesel program as CPO prices tumble

Unfinished regulations delay govt’s plan to carbon tax PLTUs

New investors to take over Kayan hydro power plants in N. Kalimantan

PGE to go public, geothermal holding firm plan shelved

After 4-month freeze, solar panel regulation finally passed

Coal barron building world’s biggest green industrial estate

PDI-P secures future political standing through state institutions

Regulation on rooftop solar panels on hold due to internal dispute

Politician appointed to lead PLN to support EV program

Jokowi reprimands Pertamina, PLN, pushes for energy transition

Indonesia signs COP26 coal phase-out pledge, lacks commitment

Indonesia to prioritize climate finance at COP26 summit

Windfalls from global energy prices boom

PLN commits to net-zero emission by 2060 with newest, greenest RUPTL