Japan trading houses explore Indonesia coal-fired power exits

Net-zero emissions target pressures investors to turn to renewable energy

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Units 5 and 6 of the Tanjung Jati B coal-fired power plant went into commercial operation in 2022 in Central Java province. (Photo by Koya Jibiki)

KOYA JIBIKI and TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writers

JAKARTA/TOKYO -- Japan's major trading houses are exploring how they might exit their Indonesian coal-fired power generation businesses, whose emissions present difficult challenges to the global trend toward decarbonization.

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