Jakarta far short of 2025 renewable-energy target

Cheap competition: Barges loaded with coal in Indonesia. To date, renewable energy makes up just 13.9% of the country’s energy mix, thanks to the abundace of coal. — AP

JAKARTA: The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry expects Indonesia to miss by a wide margin its 2025 target for renewable power generating capacity.

Experts blame uncompetitive prices and policies that support coal power.