Coal-dependent Indonesia starts tapping huge solar power potential

Indonesia aims to wean itself off coal and become carbon neutral by 2060 or sooner. - Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters): Aji Tri Atmojo lives in a traditional Javanese house with wooden walls on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, but his rustic home got a modern touch after he installed a row of solar panels on his roof.

Since putting them up in 2020 at a cost of 10 million rupiah (US$702.25), he has halved his monthly electricity bill and within five years the investment should break even.