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Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources together with the National Electricity Company PT PLN plans to build a smart grid to support the utilization of renewable energy in Indonesia.

Indonesia's leading presidential candidates are considering a push to end the state-run Perusahaan Listrik Negara's (PLN) monopoly as part of efforts to accelerate the transition to greener energy.

Indonesian state-owned electricity company, the PLN, has cooperated with five leading international energy corporations for the development t of a green ecosystem in Indonesia.

Indonesia's PLN plans to construct an additional 31.6 GW of renewable power capacity between 2024 and 2033, Chief Executive Darmawan Prasodjo told the parliament on Nov. 15.

Indonesia's state energy firm, Pertamina, along with U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corp, is progressing in their discussions to invest in carbon capture facilities.

The largest floating solar farm is Southeast Asia is put into use in West Java on Thursday. President of Indonesia Joko Widodo was at the ceremony and said, “today is a historical day.”

Indonesia slashes its 2030 target for carbon emissions from the power sector and boost its renewable energy generation share in a draft roadmap released on Nov. 1 for $20 billion in financing from rich nations to wean off coal.

Indonesia is finalizing a regulation that will open up carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to more industries and allow greenhouse gases from other countries to be stored in Indonesia, a government official said on Oct. 31.

Indonesia conducted its first commercial flight on Oct. 27 using palm oil-blended jet fuel, as the world's largest producer of the commodity pushes for wider use of biofuels to reduce fuel imports.

Indonesia Carbon Exchange (IDX Carbon) has outpaced the performance of similar exchanges in Malaysia and Japan since its initiation on September 26.