KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's coal consumption for power generation is likely to rise by 3.1% next year compared to 2021, the head of the country's state utility said on Monday, amid calls to pare back use of the fossil fuel. Indonesia is expected to use 119 million tonnes in 2022, Zulkifli Zaini, the chief executive of state utility Perushaan Listrik Negara (PLN) told parliament, up from the 115.6 million tonnes of coal set to be used this year. The increase comes as India, backed by China and other coal-dependent developing nations, brokered a last minute amendment at the COP26 talks in Glasgow at the weekend to change the final wording of their climate agreement to "phase down" rather than "phase out" the use of coal.
Indonesia's 2022 coal use for power generation set to rise 3%
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's coal consumption for power generation is likely to rise by 3.1% next year compared to 2021, the head of the country's state utility said on Monday, amid calls to pare back use of the fossil fuel. Indonesia is expected to use 119 million tonnes in 2022, Zulkifli Zaini, the chief executive of state utility Perushaan Listrik Negara (PLN) told parliament, up from the 115.6 million tonnes of coal set to be used this year. The increase comes as India, backed by China and other coal-dependent developing nations, brokered a last minute amendment at the COP26 talks in Glasgow at the weekend to change the final wording of their climate agreement to "phase down" rather than "phase out" the use of coal.