A Coal-Powered Industrial Boom Is Testing Indonesia's Green Ambitions

A coal-powered industrial boom is testing Indonesia’s green ambitions

Despite its low-emission targets, large, energy-hungry industrial estates across Indonesia will still run on coal for much of this decade. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Coal-Powered Industrial Boom Is Testing Indonesia's Green Ambitions

(Bloomberg) — In a heavily forested district in Indonesia’s portion of the island of Borneo, excavators and an army of surveyors are clearing the way for a $2.6 billion hydroelectric plant, purpose-built to power a vast industrial park — a project lauded by its backers and Jakarta’s government as evidence that economic growth can come with limited carbon cost.