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Category: Energy

Indonesia’s bigget coal oligarchs: The Game

By Viriya Singgih February 25, 2022March 9, 2022

This is no ordinary game. This is part of an effort to uncover the figures and networks that run the coal business in Indonesia. Do you know who they are?

Unearthing Indonesia’s 10 biggest coal oligarchs

By Viriya Singgih February 23, 2022February 25, 2022

The coal business has been booming since the early 1990s. Indonesia’s coal production rose from a mere 13 million tons in 1991 to more than 606 million tons in 2021. Who gets the biggest share?

Coal fever in Indonesia

By January 24, 2022January 22, 2022

Indonesia relies heavily on coal, but China no longer favors overseas coal power—the energy poor get caught in between.

Triptych from the burning land

By Viriya Singgih December 22, 2021December 23, 2021

A documentary film on artisanal coal mining in Muara Enim, South Sumatera, Indonesia.

Vung Ang and Suralaya: So far yet so close in experience

By November 30, 2021December 3, 2021

The plight of two communities in Indonesia and Vietnam are connected to the political and economic calculations of a player thousands of kilometers away: South Korea.

Global race for electric car components is threatening indigenous peoples in North Maluku

By Andre Barahamin November 27, 2021December 4, 2021

Indonesia is keen to benefit from the global demand for nickel but seems to be ignoring the social and environmental impact of mining it.

Life and death in Muara Enim, Indonesia’s “dirty energy barn”

By Viriya Singgih November 13, 2021November 19, 2021

In Muara Enim, Indonesia, not only is coal mining not going away, it’s the only livelihood many people know. Meanwhile, a state-backed coal company hardly tolerates locals’ artisanal mines.

In coal-hungry Indonesia, dirty fuels are made ‘renewable’

By Viriya Singgih September 14, 2021September 16, 2021

Indonesia targets zero carbon emissions by 2060 but the country is still heavily dependent on dirty energy, and policies are not friendly to the development of renewable energy.

IKEA and Rockefeller foundations launch initiative to fund renewables distribution

By June 29, 2021June 28, 2021

The initiative aims to reduce 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions and improve 1 billion lives by kick-starting post-pandemic economic recovery and enabling emerging economies to leapfrog to renewable energy.

South Korea faces a public reckoning for financing coal plants in Indonesia

By June 21, 2021June 21, 2021

Residents in Indonesia’s Suralaya are dealing with respiratory ailments and declining fish catches. They blame the South Korea supported power plants. Despite protests, the Jokowi government plans to expand coal-fired power projects.

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