JakartaPost-Dec 3, 2025
Hashim Djojohadikusumo, head of the advisory board at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), has doubled down on the government’s stance of not phasing out fossil fuels, including coal. Hashim, who is President Prabowo Subianto’s brother and also serves as the President’s special envoy for energy and climate, asserted that the government was “sticking to a different approach”, defying mounting international pressure to curb fossil fuel use. “There is a clear position from our government, that there will be no phase-out of fossil fuels. Indonesia’s economy, particularly industry and electricity generation, will continue to rely on fossil fuels: coal, natural gas and others,” said Hashim at Kadin’s national leadership meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday. “This is really important, because our government is being pressured, and I myself have been pushed to commit to phasing out fossil fuels. We’ve rejected that; we’re sticking with a phase-down.” Indonesia plans to build 100 gigawatts of new power plants over the same period, including 75 GW from renewables, such as wind, solar, hydro and geothermal power, supplemented by nuclear energy. Hashim said the nuclear plan, starting with a 500-megawatt plant and eventually expanding to 6.5 GW, would create new opportunities for mining companies. The country’s uranium demand would rise, he said, noting that global trends had made nuclear energy “unavoidable” and that future electricity without nuclear power was “impossible. If there’s a chance to discover uranium deposits, go for it,” he said, adding that it would be used for domestic use and potentially for export. Read more at: https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2025/12/03/indonesia-wont-phase-out-fossil-fuels-hashim-asserts.html.
