
JAKARTA/BANGKOK/LONDON -- Fossil fuel-reliant Southeast Asian nations have begun moving away from oil, coal and other polluting resources, swayed by a global push for decarbonization, with Indonesia's state-owned public utility promising a full exit from coal in four decades.
Indonesia's Perusahaan Listrik Negara has pledged to stop building new coal-fired plants and plans to switch existing coal capacity to renewables between 2025 and 2060.