Why coal-rich Indonesia can’t keep the lights on

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A wave of rolling blackouts across Indonesia in mid-2026 has exposed one of the country’s biggest economic paradoxes: it is one of the world’s largest coal producers, yet it has struggled to secure enough fuel for its own power plants. Power outages across the Java-Bali grid — from South Tangerang and Depok to the University […]The post Why coal-rich Indonesia can’t keep the lights on appeared first on Asia Times.