The Adaro Blog

Coal Rush in India Could Tip Balance on Climate Change
November 24, 2014, 10:58 am
Decades of strip mining have left this town in the heart of India’s coal fields a fiery moonscape, with mountains of black slag, sulfurous air and sickened residents
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Indonesian Stocks to Beat Peers in 2015: JPMorgan
November 24, 2014, 10:58 am
6% upper end of JPMorgan’s estimate for Indonesia’s gross domestic product growth next year Jakarta. New York-based brokerage JPMorgan Chase expects Indonesian stocks to outperform their peers in Asia next year, citing positive sentiment toward the government’s policy of...
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Adaro Energy to Contribute 40 Percent of Government’s Power Plant Quota
November 24, 2014, 10:57 am
What Pak Effendi said was: Government plan to build 35,000 MW within 5 years. 20,000 MW will be executed by IPP. If AP is able to get 20% of it or 4000 MW (within this 5 years) it is good already. The target is 20,000 MW within 20 years (from 2010)   By Vanesha...
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The path to clean coal
November 24, 2014, 10:56 am
Clean coal refers to the process of reducing carbon emissions and other harmful pollutants generated by the burning of coal for power generation to the minimum possible level. Supercritical (SC) and ultra-supercritical (USC) pulverised coal combustion and integrated gasification combined cycle...
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President Jokowi’s Speech at the APEC Summit in Beijing
November 18, 2014, 11:02 am
Below is the video of President Joko Widodo’s speech at the CEO Forum in APEC Summit in Beijing:
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Oil price slump means Asia can cut costly fuel subsidies
November 18, 2014, 11:01 am
By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, Nov 12 (Reuters) – The 25 percent drop in Brent crude so far this year is providing an unparalleled opportunity for Asian governments to scale back or end fuel subsidies. Some, like India and Malaysia, have already cut off or reduced support for...
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Indonesia edges away from wasteful handouts
November 18, 2014, 11:00 am
By Andy Mukherjee SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) – By cutting Indonesia’s wasteful fuel subsidies in his very first month as president, Joko Widodo has established his reformist credentials. He has also nudged a flabby economy to place a tentative foot onto the...
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For India, China-backed lender may be answer to coal investment
November 18, 2014, 10:59 am
By Manoj Kumar and Tony Munroe NEW DELHI/SEOUL (Reuters) – India is hoping a new China-backed multilateral lender will fund coal-based energy projects, an official said, putting it in direct conflict with the World Bank, whose chief has maintained that it would stick to its restrictions on...
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Mega-power plant planned
November 17, 2014, 11:05 am
Indonesia will build a 5,000-megawatt power plant in Cilacap, Central Java, as part of the new government’s ambitious program to have at least an additional 35,000 MW of power within five years.
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Booming Coal Use Isn’t Just About China – It’s Increasingly About India Too
November 17, 2014, 11:04 am
Coal has been the world’s fastest growing energy source for a decade. That’s largely been driven by China. Increasingly, though, it’s about India too, which has important climate implications.
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