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1 week ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
tate electricity firm PLN is facing an oversupply of hydrogen, as it is producing more of the gas than it can sell to potential buyers and consume at its power plants. The company produces 203 tonnes of hydrogen each year but only 37 percent of this amount, or 75 tonnes, is used in electricity generation. It thus aims to use the remaining 128 tonnes of surplus hydrogen for other purposes, including hydrogen-powered vehicles.
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1 week ago | 
asianews.network | Divya Karyza
April 15, 2025JAKARTA – The Public Works Ministry has announced that the government will lift a temporary freeze on funding for national strategic projects, including those earmarked for the development of the future capital city Nusantara in East Kalimantan. Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo characterized the plan, floated by President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, as part of “unfinished budget politics dynamics”.
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1 week ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
The Public Works Ministry has announced that the government will lift a temporary freeze on funding for national strategic projects, including those earmarked for the development of the future capital city Nusantara in East Kalimantan. Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo characterized the plan, floated by President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, as part of “unfinished budget politics dynamics”.
“It [the spending freeze] does not exclusively involve [the future new capital].
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1 week ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
Indonesia is considering to boost imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, but experts urge caution to avoid harming local industries and stress prioritizing long-term national interests over trade pressure.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
he Indonesian Mining Association (IMA) has demanded a postponement of the government’s plan to increase coal and mineral royalties this month, arguing that the United States’ trade policy was already putting too much pressure on mining operations. Since he was sworn in to his second term in January, US President Donald Trump has announced a series of steep tariffs for imports from many countries in what Washington has called a “reciprocal” measure to protect US industries.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
Japanese oil and gas company Inpex has begun the front-end engineering design (FEED) process for the Abadi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia as the government pushes for its development. The project, in which Inpex is the lead investor, has faced years of delays because of various changes, from moving the project onshore to accommodating a government request for a change of contractors.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
The government is establishing three state-owned companies to oversee food, fisheries and oil palm plantations as part of a larger effort to bolster food security, but experts warn the move undermines the consolidation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to increase efficiency. The plan foresees changing three SOEs, Virama Karya, Yodya Karya and Indra Karya, into agro-industrial corporations (Agrinas), and tasking them with managing fisheries, food and plantations, respectively.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia ordered electricity provider PT PLN to immediately get to work on a geothermal power plant in Maluku to increase clean energy supply in Eastern Indonesia. “PLN is a state-owned enterprise appointed by the state to carry out assignments so that all people can get electricity,” Bahlil said in Ambon, Maluku, on Saturday, as quoted in a statement issued by the energy ministry.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) exports to the United States could face stagnation after US President Donald Trump imposed a 32 percent tariff on goods imported from the country, Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) chairman Eddy Martono said on Friday. Eddy suggested the government ease the domestic market obligation (DMO), export approval requirements and export duties to mitigate the impact of the newly imposed tariff on the commodity.
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3 weeks ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Divya Karyza
Indonesia will dispatch a rescue team, medical workers and logistical aid to Myanmar following a powerful earthquake that rocked the country and neighboring Thailand on Friday, Foreign Minister Sugiono said on Sunday. Indonesia has sent two representatives to join the ASEAN-Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT), who arrived on Sunday with other ASEAN members.
The Indonesia search and rescue (INASAR) team is scheduled to depart for Myanmar on Tuesday.
