Will China’s new solar firms accelerate Indonesia’s green transition?

Will China’s new solar firms accelerate Indonesia’s green transition?

Solar panels still remain out of reach for many in Indonesia's domestic marketOriginally published on Global VoicesSoutheast Asia has been a solar manufacturing hub for Chinese companies. Source: Wikicommons. CC BY-SA 20 In April 2025, the United States Commerce Department finalized a new tariff of up to 3,521 percent on imports of solar panels from four Southeast Asia countries: Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Thailand. This came after the Ame…