The year 2023 concluded with the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties ("COP") on 13 December 2023 ("COP 28").

Indonesia has introduced sweeping reforms requiring all exports of strategic natural resources—including palm oil, coal, and ferroalloys—to be conducted exclusively through a state-owned enterprise. These changes, coupled with revised rules mandating that export proceeds be deposited in state-owned banks, fundamentally reshape the commercial landscape for producers, traders, and financiers operating in Indonesia's natural resources sector.

Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) issued amendments to last year's Regulation 49/2018 on the Use of Rooftop Solar Power to encourage domestic use of solar energy.

Please find the SSEK Legal Alert for December 2020. The SSEK Legal Alert is a monthly survey designed to keep you up to date with the latest legal developments in Indonesia.

The Government of Indonesia ("Government") introduced Presidential Regulation No. 14 of 2024 on Carbon Capture and Storage ("CCS") Activities ("PR 14/2024") at the start of 2024.

Indonesia is implementing a centralized export governance framework through Government Regulation No. 24 of 2026, requiring strategic natural resource commodities including coal, palm oil, and ferro alloy to be exported through a designated state-owned enterprise. This regulatory shift, effective June 1, 2026, may fundamentally alter existing commercial arrangements, shipping logistics, and contractual relationships between Indonesian exporters and offshore buyers.

Forests must be utilized and used in an appropriate and sustainable way by considering ecological, social and economic functions and ensuring the continuity of forests for the present and future generations.

The Indonesian government has prepared a draft of a new Government Regulation (“GR”) on Electricity Supply Business ("GR Draft") as part of the efforts to accelerate the energy transition and optimisation of the electricity supply business in Indonesia. GR Draft is intended to replace GR No. 14 of 2012 on Electricity Supply Business, as amended by GR No. 23 of 2014 (“GR 14/2012”). GR Draft is still under governmental deliberation.

Despite a significant renewable energy potential, Indonesia currently only produces six percent of its electricity from renewable energy.

A Presidential Regulation has been issued which aims to accelerate the use of renewable energy sources for electricity and signals the end of coal-fired power plants.

In an effort to achieve a new and renewable energy mix of 23% by 2025, the Government of Indonesia is fast-tracking solar energy development with the introduction of a new regulation...

The administration of President Joko Widodo has set new growth targets for the use of new and renewable energy ("NRE")

On 10 October 2025, the President enacted Presidential Regulation (“PR”) No. 109 of 2025 on the Handling of Urban Waste through Waste Processing into Renewable Energy Based on Environmentally Friendly Technology (“PR 109/2025”), which revokes the preceding regulation, namely PR No. 35 of 2018 on the Acceleration of the Construction of Waste-to- Energy Power Plants Based on Environmentally Friendly Technology (“PR 35/2018”), which was considered to have faced challenges in its implementation.

Indonesia's state-owned power company, PT PLN (Persero) (PLN) has a long track record of successfully financed independent power projects (IPPs) and a very well established form of power...

President Joko Widodo had previously announced a ban on the export of raw materials in the form of nickel that entered into effect on January 2020 as well as a ban on the export of bauxite ore that shall be effective by June 2023.

At the end of December 2021, the Indonesian government issued several policies related to coal export through inter alia Letters issued by the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

On September 11, 2025, the Indonesian Minister of Industry issued Regulation No. 35 of 2025 regarding the Provisions and Procedures for the Certification of Domestic Component Level...

On 8 August 2019, the same day that Jakarta, Indonesia's capital city, was reported by Jakarta Post, a local newspaper,

On 29 December 2025, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (“MoEMR”) issued MoEMR Regulation No. 19 of 2025 on Hybrid Power Plant (“MoEMR Reg. 19/2025”).

Indonesia recently issued Presidential Regulation No. 14 of 2024 on the Implementation of Carbon Capture and Storage Activity..