Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung
West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan made assurances Thursday that geothermal exploration in Cisolok, Sukabumi regency, would not threaten the nearby Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park.
In September, the provincial administration announced PT Jabar Halimun Geothermal the winner of a tender to explore geothermal resources in Cisolok, with a concession area of [...]

The world’s largest oil company Exxon Mobil Corp. and Japan’s largest explorer Inpex Corp. pledged a total investment of at least 144.5 million U.S. dollars in new blocks in Indonesia over the next three years, with their newly won exploration rights, an official was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying on Saturday.
The two companies [...]

Alfian, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Following the issue of a government regulation mandating the use of biofuel in all sectors, state power company PT PLN has started to operate a power plant fired by crude palm oil (CPO) which it claims to be the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region.
PLN’s director Murtaqi Syamsuddin [...]

Dorian Merina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
On Tuesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono indicated he would consider a request from the House of Representatives to cut fuel prices as global oil prices continue to fall.
But while politicians discuss how and when to subsidize prices for jittery consumers, some in the energy sector are seeing an opportunity for [...]

Olivia Hutabarat and Alfian, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Two geothermal power plants with a total capacity of 122 megawatts (MW) could be in operation by next year to help ease the country’s power supply shortage.
Sugiharto Harsoprayitno, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s director of geothermal utilization, named the two plants as the Wayang Windu plant’s unit [...]

Dian Kuswandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Challenges await 11 Acehnese villagers who have succeeded in bringing giant company ExxonMobil Corp. to a U.S. Federal Court, with the judge handling the case resigning from his post amid fears that revealing their identities might endanger their lives.
Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) chairman Rafendi Djamin said Friday the plaintiffs [...]

Alfian and Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Five coal producers accused of withholding royalties have agreed to pay all their disputed debts to the state before the year ends, including the large penalties some may receive, an official said on Friday.
Soepomo, a director at the finance ministry, said the executives from these five companies had [...]