Indonesia’s latest green energy plan still makes room for coal

[JAKARTA] Indonesia is promising a surge in renewable energy over the next decade, but its latest power plan also locks in billions of dollars for new coal-fired capacity, raising fresh doubts over its climate ambitions.

The 2025-2034 power supply plan aims to add 60 gigawatts (GW) of power generation capacity over the next nine years – part of a broader push to fuel its 8 per cent economic growth target – with three-quarters of the new supply expected to come from renewable sources, according to a Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources document reviewed by The Business Times.

However, the simultaneous plan to add 6 GW of new coal-fired capacity has raised concerns among observers, who warn it could undercut Indonesia’s energy transition efforts and cast doubt on President Prabowo Subianto’s earlier pledge to phase out coal power plants by 2040.