Indonesia

Indonesia's PLN plans to begin trading between 50 to 100 kilowatts with Malaysia in 2014.

PT PLN will cooperate on power plant maintenance with PT GMF AeroAsia, a maintenance, repair and overhaul firm.

Semen Padang, Indoensian state cement maker, is developing the use of waste materials to replace coal in generating power.

World Bank's IFC has bought an 11 percent stake in a unit of Medco Energi to spur investment in the non-government electricity sector.

Businessmen from Indonesia and Poland met for the third time to discuss possible cooperation in the energy sector. This resulted with the issuance of a Letter of Intent. Previous meetings were held in May and September 2011.

A consortium has been formed to  to build two 300-megawatt power plants worth around $1 billion on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

PT PLN (Persero), the state-owned power company, will bid out three mine mouth steam power plants with a total installed capacity of 2,600 megawatts (MW) worth Rp 26 trillion (US$ 2.88 billion) to private developers in June 2012. The three power plants are Sumsel 9 (2x600 MW), Sumsel 10 (1x600 MW), and Jambi (2x400 MW).  

Indonesia's power plants will need 54 million tons this year.

Indonesian steel producer Krakatau Posco has signed a deal with state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara to pay a premium in exchange for improved service levels.

PT PLN plans to lay a US$12 billion submarine transmission cable connecting Sumatra and Java.

Bakrie Power revealed oans to build a 200MW power plant in East Kalimantan, Indonesia at US$340 million.

Private groups may now sell electricity directly to the public in areas not reached by PLN.

A new power plant completed ahead of schedule by the Japanese is now supplying Indonesia with 2,640 MW of badly needed electricity.

Indonesia's PLN saw its income rise in 2011 by 31 percent to $23.7 billion from $18 billion in 2010.

Indonesians will pay more for electricity beginning April to help plug the country’s widening budget deficit.

Indonesia's PLN projects the number of households enjoying electricity in the country to reach 90 percent by late 2014.