Indonesia’s B50 program is described by senior Energy Ministry officials as the first mandatory 50% biofuel blend program in the world, drawing study visits from countries seeking to replicate the model.
No final decision on reactor technology, plant location, or construction contract has been announced; Malaysia’s nuclear programme remains in the structured pre-deployment feasibility phase.
Japan’s POWERR Asia framework, endorsed by Laos at the June 10 Tokyo summit, targets both short-term fuel security and long-term structural energy resilience across Asia.
The June 15 Laos nuclear agreement expands Rosatom’s ASEAN presence at a moment when regional energy security concerns are reshaping how governments evaluate long-term generation options.
The Visayas grid runs on negative operating margins. Its local plants cannot meet local demand without HVDC imports from Luzon and Mindanao — and April 16 showed what happens when those imports shrink.
ASEAN has a blueprint, a financing initiative, and a petroleum security agreement. What it does not yet have is the ratified, operational infrastructure to act collectively when a supply crisis hits.
The Russia-Indonesia crude deal extends beyond Pertamina to manufacturing, mining, and petrochemical sectors, reflecting the scale of Indonesia’s import gap.
Indonesia broke ground on IDR 116 trillion in energy projects, with Pertamina refinery expansions targeting 62,000 bpd of new gasoline capacity by 2030.
Celios researcher Wahyudi Askar on Indonesia’s rural energy rollback: when oil prices rise and the transition moves slowly, the consequences are serious. The data now backs the warning.