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Indonesia faces widespread blackouts due to coal policy and plant issues

Indonesia is experiencing widespread power outages, particularly on the island of Java, affecting millions of residents and businesses. State-owned utility firm PLN attributes these disruptions to technical issues at two major power plants and a shortage of coal, specifically medium-ranked coal needed for its facilities. Analysts suggest the problem is less about a lack of coal and more about the policies governing its purchase and pricing. AI

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Indonesia faces widespread blackouts due to coal policy and plant issues

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Resty Woro Yuniar ·

    How Indonesia’s coal policies left its own citizens in the dark

    A wave of power outages across Indonesia’s Java island has left millions of residents and business owners in the dark, igniting public fury and raising questions as to how the world’s largest coal exporter is failing to keep its own lights on. The answer, analysts say, lies less …