The Energy Transition Stumbling Block
Monday, August 14, 2023
The government is inconsistent in its implementation of the energy transition program. It grants construction permits for new coal-fired power stations for the sake of investment.
PRESIDENT Joko Widodo’s energy transition program is moving closer and closer to irony. The government promised developed nations that it would halt the construction of new coal-fired steam power plants (PLTU) and shift to renewable energy sources. This is a government commitment in order to obtain trillions of rupiah of energy transition assistance funds. But the fact is that permits to construct new captive PLTUs to support the mineral pr
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