TOKYO -- The transition from fossil fuels to cleaner forms of energy will take time, and coal provides a low-cost source of power for economic development until that happens, Indonesia's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif told Nikkei.
Fossil fuels including coal "produce a very competitive price of electricity," Tasrif said in a recent interview here. "I don't think [the transition is] as fast as maybe other people predict."
