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Thirty four lenders join Danantara's waste to energy panel, with interest above three times the debt need
On 16 October 2026 Danantara Investment Management and its waste to energy subsidiary Denera named 34 financial institutions to the lenders panel for Indonesia's PSEL programme, reporting indicative financing interest of more than three times the programme's estimated debt requirement.
Waste & Pollution · 17 October 2026
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Agrinas Palma maps one million hectares for bioethanol feedstock as Indonesia prepares for E20
State plantation company Agrinas Palma Nusantara said on 8 October that it has mapped one million hectares dedicated to corn, sorghum and cassava for bioethanol, with a potential output of about 5 million kilolitres a year toward the 20 percent ethanol blend in gasoline. The plan moves the E20 conversation from blending targets to the farms, plants and permits that will supply it.
Energy & Climate · 9 October 2026
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Fisheries ministry issues national guidelines to keep lost and worn fishing gear out of the sea, with pilots at Bitung, Cilacap and Pengambengan
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has issued Director General of Capture Fisheries Decree No. 23 of 2026, a national guideline for managing abandoned, lost, discarded and end of life fishing gear under 3R principles. Trials will begin at three fishing ports, with field partners in Merauke, Muncar, Pengambengan and Gresik.
Waste & Pollution · 9 October 2026
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Indonesia's mining reclamation guarantees reach Rp40 trillion, and satellite measurement is now setting the amount
The Directorate General of Minerals and Coal says reclamation guarantees placed by mining companies have grown from about Rp17 to 18 trillion to around Rp40 trillion, with satellite imagery used to size each deposit to the land actually opened. The Ministry of Environment adds that success will be judged on the ground, not on paper.
Sustainable Resources · 9 October 2026
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Indonesia ships its first EV batteries from Weda Bay as the park plans its clean power build-out
President Prabowo Subianto launched Indonesia's first export of electric vehicle batteries and 11 downstream projects worth US$10.2 billion at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park. The next chapter for the park is supplying its 7.1 GW of power demand with more solar and wind.
Energy & Climate · 9 October 2026
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APP Group becomes the first Indonesian company to join RE100
The pulp and paper group has committed to 100 percent renewable electricity across its operations by 2050 at the latest, building on a 2025 energy mix in which renewable sources, led by black liquor from its own mills, already supplied 57.3 percent of total energy use.
Energy & Climate · 8 October 2026
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Jakarta clears the land question for its Bantargebang waste-to-energy plant and targets construction before year end
Governor Pramono Anung said on 7 October that the land provision issue holding back Jakarta's waste-to-energy facility at Bantargebang has been resolved, and that the city hopes to enter the national programme's third batch so construction can begin before the end of 2026.
Waste & Pollution · 8 October 2026
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A pause on new semi-finished nickel smelters puts value per tonne at the centre of downstreaming
Coordinating Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has opened the option of a moratorium on new nickel smelters that produce intermediate products such as NPI, ferronickel, nickel matte and MHP, citing a global surplus of about 2.5 million tonnes. The move reframes the next phase of downstreaming around how much value each tonne of ore retains in Indonesia.
Sustainable Resources · 8 October 2026
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Pupuk Kaltim's 1984 ammonia plant now uses 10 percent less energy and makes more ammonia
A joint declaration signed with Swiss licensor Casale on 6 October confirms that the revamped Ammonia Pabrik-2 in Bontang cut energy use from 39.28 to 35.25 MMBTU per tonne while lifting output by 4.18 percent, saving about Rp228 billion and 110,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Energy & Climate · 7 October 2026
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Central Sulawesi information commission confirms AMDAL for two Tompotika nickel mines as public information
The Central Sulawesi Information Commission has ruled that the environmental approvals and AMDAL documents for PT Anugerah Bangun Mamur and PT Anugerah Sumber Bumi in Banggai Regency are public information, to be shared with the Tompotika Conservation Alliance within 14 working days. The decision turns the AMDAL into a shared baseline for valuing the forests, water, and endemic wildlife of the Tompotika landscape.
Sustainable Resources · 7 October 2026
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West Java sends 25,000 students into Bandung Raya neighbourhoods to cut 1,000 tonnes of waste a day
The West Java provincial government is deploying 25,000 university students across 52 subdistricts of Bandung Raya for three months, earning the equivalent of 10 academic credits, to help households sort and reduce waste at source. The goal is a 20 percent cut that extends the life of TPA Sarimukti until the Legok Nangka plant comes online.
Waste & Pollution · 7 October 2026
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Hulu Sungai Selatan wants Kandangan on mountain water from the Amandit Weir, and the saving starts at the source
The regent of Hulu Sungai Selatan has proposed piping clear raw water from the Amandit Weir to the Muara Banta intake that serves Kandangan. A treatment plant built for Rp16.8 billion and running at 50 of its 300 litres per second shows how much value a better source can carry.
Sustainable Resources · 6 October 2026
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Kendari receives a Rp107 billion integrated waste programme with a processing facility at Puuwatu as its focus
Kendari was one of four Sulawesi recipients of the World Bank supported Local Service Delivery Improvement Project at a handover in Makassar on 6 October. The city plans to direct the Rp107 billion programme towards a processing facility at TPAS Puuwatu and a service system that runs from household sorting to final processing.
Waste & Pollution · 6 October 2026
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Palm mill effluent from South Sumatra will flow as biomethane to factories in Java through PGN's pipelines
PGN has confirmed it will buy and transport biomethane from a new plant in South Sumatra, developed by a KIS Biofuels and Toyota Tsusho joint venture, which broke ground on 5 October and targets about 150,000 MMBtu a year for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia and other industrial users from 2027.
Energy & Climate · 6 October 2026
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Indonesia proposes a green minerals partnership with Chile, with tailings on the agenda
In Santiago on 1 October 2026, Deputy Foreign Minister Arif Havas Oegroseno proposed an Indonesia-Chile Green Minerals Partnership MoU covering joint industrial projects, a producer-country coalition, green mining technology, investment platforms, and the management and reuse of tailings. Chile's Foreign Minister welcomed the proposal and pledged early follow-up.
Sustainable Resources · 5 October 2026
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Jakarta to extend its Ciliwung river trash screen model to 11 more rivers
Governor Pramono Anung said on 5 October that Jakarta will replicate the TB Simatupang integrated trash screen, which intercepts close to 30 percent of the waste carried by the Ciliwung and turns much of it into compost and woodchip, on 11 other rivers across the capital.
Waste & Pollution · 5 October 2026
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Renewable energy society takes 22 recommendations and a 263 dam solar idea to the MPR
On 5 October the Indonesian Renewable Energy Society (METI) met MPR Deputy Chair Eddy Soeparno with 22 recommendations for the renewable energy bill and a proposal to use 263 state owned dams, holding an estimated 23.9 GW of floating solar and hydropower potential, to speed up the 100 GWp solar programme.
Energy & Climate · 5 October 2026
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Bakauheni mercury seizure shows supply control at work in small-scale gold mining
Routine screening at Bakauheni Ferry Port stopped 61 kilograms of undocumented mercury labelled for gold processing, and investigators traced the shipment to a recipient in Bogor. The case shows how interrupting mercury supply complements Indonesia's Minamata commitments, and why the avoided environmental loss deserves to be valued.
Sustainable Resources · 4 October 2026
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Industrial estates offer the 100 gigawatt solar programme a ready source of demand
The Indonesian Industrial Estate Association has backed the 100 GWp solar programme and proposed that industrial estates serve as anchor demand centres, so that generation, grid, storage and demand are planned together and clean power reaches factories that need it.
Energy & Climate · 4 October 2026
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Klungkung's pyrolysis centre is put forward as a national model, with the ministry offering to find industrial buyers
Environment Minister Mohammad Jumhur Hidayat inspected the TOSS Center in Kusamba, Klungkung, on 3 October and said its pyrolysis line, targeted at 26 to 30 tonnes of waste a day, could be replicated in other regions. The ministry also offered to connect regional waste fuel producers with large industrial buyers, the missing link the regency has asked for help with.
Waste & Pollution · 4 October 2026
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Jatiluhur data centre pause shows AMDAL pricing in the value of a strategic reservoir
West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi has paused construction of a Rp3.5 trillion AI data centre at Jatiluhur until its AMDAL and building approval are complete. The decision keeps the investment on the table while the assessment puts a value on the water and ecosystem services the reservoir provides.
Sustainable Resources · 3 October 2026
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Finance Ministry sets out its green fiscal toolkit as climate finance needs reach USD 472.6 billion
At a Ministry of Finance media gathering in Bogor on 2 October, the environmental fund agency BPDLH outlined how it blends domestic and global money toward Indonesia's climate targets, while geothermal developer Geo Dipa confirmed it stays under the ministry as a fiscal instrument for the green economy.
Energy & Climate · 3 October 2026
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Pulogadung industrial estate turns source sorting into a working model for Jakarta's business districts
PT JIEP, operator of the 433-hectare Pulogadung Industrial Estate, has reported 54,612.8 kilograms of compost produced from estate organics since 2023 and is extending sorting support to tenants, schools, neighbourhoods and PPSU crews in line with Jakarta's Governor's Instruction No. 5 of 2026.
Waste & Pollution · 3 October 2026
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A coordinating ministry for downstreaming gives Indonesia one place to measure the value it adds
President Prabowo Subianto has created a Coordinating Ministry for Downstreaming and Energy Transition and appointed Bahlil Lahadalia to lead it alongside the energy and mineral resources portfolio. With Rp300.1 trillion of downstreaming investment recorded in the first half of 2026, the new post creates a natural home for a shared way of measuring the value that processing adds.
Sustainable Resources · 2 October 2026
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Makassar weighs turning TPA Tamangapa's methane into carbon credits and bio-CNG
Renewable energy firm Oikos Earth proposed on 1 October that Makassar capture methane from its decades-old Tamangapa landfill and convert it into carbon credits and compressed biomethane for industry. The offer builds on wells already installed at the site and on the city's August shift to residual-only landfilling.
Waste & Pollution · 2 October 2026
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Indonesia creates a coordinating ministry for downstreaming and energy transition
President Prabowo Subianto has sworn in Bahlil Lahadalia as the first Coordinating Minister for Downstreaming and Energy Transition, a new post that brings industrial value-adding and the clean energy build-out under one coordinating roof while Bahlil continues to lead the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Energy & Climate · 2 October 2026
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Banjarmasin's saltwater season shows the value of a raw water reserve
Drought and seawater intrusion cut Banjarmasin's raw water supply by about 30 percent in September. As fresh water returns to the network, the city is putting forward a 1.1 million cubic metre reservoir, and the numbers show why raw water storage is worth treating as an asset.
Sustainable Resources · 1 October 2026
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Ministry of Industry sets out nine-subsector path to net zero industry by 2050
Deputy Minister of Industry Faisol Riza has outlined how cement, fertiliser, metals and six other subsectors will lead industrial decarbonisation, with energy and material efficiency as the first of six pillars and periodic emission reporting through SIINas.
Energy & Climate · 1 October 2026
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Semarang contains Jatibarang landfill fire as the city readies its 1,000 tonne waste-to-energy transition
Semarang's fire service mobilised around 50 personnel to contain a methane-driven fire across the active zones of TPA Jatibarang on 30 September. The city is treating the dry-season incidents as a bridge period to PSEL Semarang Raya, a 1,000 tonne per day waste-to-energy plant targeted for groundbreaking in December 2026.
Waste & Pollution · 1 October 2026
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IMIP scales up solar across the Morowali nickel park, from canal tops to a 200 MWp plant
Tenants at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park now run about 11 MWp of solar, with a 66 MWp rooftop system and a 200 MWp plant in development. The rollout gives Indonesia's largest nickel processing hub a practical first step on the low-carbon electricity pillar of the national nickel decarbonisation roadmap.
Energy & Climate · 30 September 2026
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Jakarta turns one neighbourhood in Jagakarsa into a working model for sorting, collecting and processing waste by type
On 28 September 2026 the Jakarta Environment Agency launched a collaborative pilot in RW 06 Srengseng Sawah, South Jakarta, where more than 400 households across four neighbourhood units receive door-to-door guidance and waste is kept separate from the kitchen to the processing site. Around 21,000 homes across Jagakarsa already sort at source.
Waste & Pollution · 30 September 2026
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New mining services decree puts local value retention on the ledger
Ministerial Decree 365.K/MB.01/MEM.B/2026 requires IUP and IUPK holders to prioritise mining service companies from the regencies around their concessions and to seek ministerial approval before contracting subsidiaries or affiliates. The rule turns local value retention into something regions can now observe and measure.
Sustainable Resources · 30 September 2026
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Jakarta to prioritise Bogor for a grant of used compactor trucks and fire engines, as the agglomeration shares its fleet
On 29 September 2026 Governor Pramono Anung said the Jakarta provincial government will give priority to Bogor City's request for serviceable used garbage compactor trucks and fire engines, and offered ambulances and school buses as well. The request, first lodged in the summer, now moves to a formal written submission.
Waste & Pollution · 29 September 2026
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South Sulawesi moves to turn its share of mining profit into a working revenue line
The South Sulawesi DPRD has taken up a draft regional regulation that sets out how the 6 percent regional share of IUPK net profit is calculated, reported, and paid. PT Vale Indonesia has said it is ready to pay, and the factions want the revenue measured, verified, and invested for the long term.
Sustainable Resources · 29 September 2026
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VDNI puts 69 electric excavators, loaders and dump trucks to work at its Morosi smelter
PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry has invested around Rp45 billion in electric heavy equipment and material handling vehicles at Morosi, Southeast Sulawesi, and expects the programme to cut 43,411 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2027. It is a practical example of the energy efficiency pillar of Indonesia's nickel decarbonisation roadmap.
Energy & Climate · 29 September 2026
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Bogor opens a waste station at City Hall that pays residents for sorted waste, with every district next in view
On 26 September 2026 the Bogor city government and Rekosistem opened a waste station at Balai Kota where residents trade sorted inorganic waste, used cooking oil and household electronics for points worth Rp100 to Rp6,000 per kilogram. Mayor Dedie A. Rachim has since signalled that the model could be extended to every kecamatan in the city.
Waste & Pollution · 28 September 2026
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Central Sulawesi wants its minerals to leave as finished products, and its own economic accounts show why the last step matters
On 27 September 2026 Deputy Governor Reny A. Lamadjido said nickel and other minerals from Central Sulawesi should no longer leave the province half processed. The province's accounts already show the pattern behind that instruction: manufacturing makes up 44.37 percent of the regional economy, mining and quarrying 13.79 percent.
Sustainable Resources · 28 September 2026
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Nine tonnes of Gresik gold have reached Antam, turning a downstream plan into a measurable domestic flow
PT Aneka Tambang bought 9 tonnes of 99.99 percent gold from PT Freeport Indonesia's Gresik precious metals refinery between January and August 2026, the first realised figure against an agreement that allows up to 30 tonnes a year. A second domestic buyer, Hartadinata, took its first 50 kilograms in September.
Sustainable Resources · 27 September 2026
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Bandung becomes the first proving ground for decentralised waste management, with PLN EPI as offtaker
Five parties led by Danantara are preparing four neighbourhood-scale waste centres in Bandung with a combined 1,200 tonnes per day of capacity, and PLN Energi Primer Indonesia has now set out how it will buy the output as a primary energy supply.
Waste & Pollution · 27 September 2026
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PLN EPI maps 60.6 million tonnes of untapped biomass and a path beyond co-firing
At Electricity Connect 2026, PLN Energi Primer Indonesia set out a bioenergy strategy that starts with residues already available across farms, plantations, forests, factories and cities, and moves from co-firing toward biochar, syngas, biohydrogen and compressed biogas. The company estimates that 10 million tonnes of biomass alone could support around 150,000 green jobs.
Energy & Climate · 27 September 2026
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DPD RI chair asks Bali to lead a national waste sorting movement built on village institutions
At a state dialogue in Denpasar on 25 September 2026, DPD RI Chair Sultan Baktiar Najamudin urged Bali to become the pioneer of a national waste sorting movement, pointing to the province's desa adat, banjar and customary rules as the social infrastructure that 292 TPS3R and 962 waste banks already rest on.
Waste & Pollution · 26 September 2026
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Indonesia's drought response has reached 3,288 locations, and the figures show what a litre of reliable supply is worth
The Ministry of Public Works reported on 26 September 2026 that it had handled 3,288 drought locations since July, distributing 48.9 million litres of clean water to about 1.75 million people and protecting 141,440 hectares of rice fields. Minister Dody Hanggodo said the ministry will add more mobile water treatment units as El Niño extends the dry season.
Sustainable Resources · 26 September 2026
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Ten isolated grids in Central Sulawesi move from diesel to solar with 200 megawatt hours of storage
PLN Indonesia Power and PT ACE Energy Service agreed at Electricity Connect 2026 to build 60 MWp of solar paired with 200 MWh of batteries across ten isolated locations in Central Sulawesi. The Rp3.3 trillion project uses domestically made panels and could lower the cost of supplying electricity by around Rp1,000 per kWh.
Energy & Climate · 25 September 2026
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Harita Nickel turns smelter slag into reclamation soil, and a national standard now lets the practice be measured
Harita Nickel is using slag from its Obi Island smelters as a soil ameliorant on 272 hectares of reclaimed mine land, a practice now written into Indonesia's national standard SNI 9420:2025. The approach converts a large processing residue into a reclamation input, with reported savings of up to 32 percent against organic fertiliser.
Sustainable Resources · 25 September 2026
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Palembang's Keramasan plant fires its first waste, and the city shows how supply readiness is built
The 1,000 tonne per day PSEL Keramasan waste to energy plant in Palembang carried out its first combustion on 23 September 2026 and received Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan on 25 September, with the city's three weeks of weighed, rerouted waste deliveries now a working model for other PSEL host cities.
Waste & Pollution · 25 September 2026
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Parliament puts end-of-life EV batteries on the circular economy agenda
A Commission VII working committee hearing with three electric vehicle industry associations placed battery health transparency, reuse and recycling at the centre of Indonesia's EV ecosystem, years before the first large wave of batteries retires.
Waste & Pollution · 24 September 2026
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A dry season at Morowali shows that river water is part of the value of Indonesian nickel
Smelters at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park began cutting nickel pig iron output by 30 to 40 percent on 22 September 2026 as El Niño reduced river flow. The episode puts a number on something mining valuations usually leave out: the economic worth of a reliable water supply.
Sustainable Resources · 24 September 2026
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Jatibarang turns 65 percent CO2 gas into saleable fuel, offering a template for Natuna
Pertamina EP's Akasia Bagus gathering station in Indramayu now strips carbon dioxide from 65 percent to 5 percent, turning gas that was once flared into fuel for industrial power plants in Cikarang, and the operator sees the design as a pilot for Indonesia's high CO2 fields such as Natuna.
Energy & Climate · 24 September 2026
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A new copper and gold block enters public review, and the AMDAL is where its value gets defined
PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara opened public consultation on the feasibility study and environmental impact analysis for the Elang copper and gold block in Sumbawa on 22 September 2026. Initial investment was put at Rp6 trillion to Rp8 trillion, and the reserve already stated for Elang runs to 2.5 billion tonnes of ore.
Sustainable Resources · 23 September 2026
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Environment ministry puts food waste first for districts as landfill methane measurement moves into policy
At the MERIT Conference 2026 in Jakarta on 22 September, the Ministry of Environment told district and city governments that food waste is the fraction to resolve first, processed as close to the source as possible. The same conference set out how methane measurement at landfills is moving from a research exercise into the routine business of waste management.
Waste & Pollution · 23 September 2026
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Indonesia will revise the RUPTL so the 100 gigawatt peak solar programme has a legal home
Opening Electricity Connect 2026 in Tangerang on 22 September 2026, Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said the national electricity supply plan will be adjusted to carry the 100 GWp solar programme. The revision matters because it moves a presidential target into the document that utilities, lenders, and manufacturers actually plan against.
Energy & Climate · 23 September 2026
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One mine's half year shows where mining value is created, and how much of it now stays in Indonesia
PT Amman Mineral Internasional reported net sales of US$2.05 billion and net profit of about US$497.9 million for the first half of 2026 on 21 September. Copper cathode and refined gold made in West Sumbawa supplied US$974 million of that revenue, and a reserve restatement at Batu Hijau shows how much of a mine's stated value is set by assumptions rather than by geology.
Sustainable Resources · 22 September 2026
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Bekasi's refuse derived fuel plant reaches construction with 1,250 tonnes a day and its buyer already signed
Asiana Technologies confirmed on 21 September 2026 that the refuse derived fuel plant at TPA Burangkeng in Bekasi Regency is under construction and targeted to start operating in early January 2027, taking 1,250 tonnes of landfill waste a day and producing 650 tonnes of fuel, with PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk contracted to take the entire output.
Waste & Pollution · 22 September 2026
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A second well at Lumut Balai shows how Indonesia adds geothermal capacity without opening a new field
Pertamina Geothermal Energy began drilling well LMB-19.4 in South Sumatra on 17 September 2026, the second well supporting the 55 megawatt Lumut Balai Unit 3. The project sits inside a field that has been producing since 2019, which is why it carries a different cost and risk profile from greenfield development.
Energy & Climate · 22 September 2026
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Pupuk Indonesia maps a 96 percent emission cut and turns its carbon dioxide into soda ash
At the Katadata SAFE 2026 forum in Jakarta, PT Pupuk Indonesia set out a decarbonisation roadmap aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 96 percent by 2050, equal to about 24.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. The instructive part is the sequence: energy efficiency at plants that already exist, then carbon dioxide converted into a saleable industrial product.
Energy & Climate · 21 September 2026
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PT Vale has started planning a mine closure that is still a decade away, and the early start is where the value sits
PT Vale Indonesia's Morowali growth project has opened stakeholder consultation on the post-mining plan for Bahodopi Blocks 2 and 3, covering 2036 to 2040. Drafting a closure plan ten years before closure turns an end-of-life obligation into something that can be measured, priced and funded on schedule.
Sustainable Resources · 21 September 2026
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World Cleanup Day 2026 turns one volunteer morning into a national case for sorting at source
Indonesia marked World Cleanup Day on Sunday 20 September 2026 with a peak action along Jalan Sudirman in Jakarta and parallel clean ups from Bandung to Buleleng, and organisers used the day to press a single message, that waste separated at home is what makes collection worth doing. The national youth campaign behind it runs on to 28 October.
Waste & Pollution · 21 September 2026
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Badung puts its own glass bottle on the table, using a regency water utility to cut single use plastic in hotels
On Friday 18 September 2026 the Badung regency government and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya soft launched Baliss drinking water in returnable glass bottles, aimed first at government offices, hotels and the tourism industry. The move gives Badung a supply side answer to a sector that accounts for 41 percent of the regency's waste.
Waste & Pollution · 20 September 2026
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A Cikarang industrial estate extends its net zero partnership as tenant rooftop solar reaches 14.5 megawatts
Pertamina and Jababeka Infrastruktur renewed their net zero industrial estate collaboration at a seminar in Cikarang on 18 September 2026. The figure that gives the announcement weight is the count of tenants who have already acted: 23 companies with 14.5 MWp of rooftop solar, up from eight tenants and roughly 3.2 MWp when the programme was launched in January 2023.
Energy & Climate · 20 September 2026
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Indonesia now has a commodity by commodity figure for how much of its mining output the state produces, and the measurement is the useful part
Analysis published on 20 September 2026 sets out how much of national production sits with state mining companies: 0.83 percent of gold, 5.97 percent of nickel ore, 28.28 percent of bauxite, 47.51 percent of tin metal and 5.16 percent of coal. Read alongside non-tax revenue of Rp108 trillion to the end of August, the figures describe two different questions about value.
Sustainable Resources · 20 September 2026