Indonesia can maximize renewables and battery technologies as the best investments to hedge against the volatile energy and dollar markets, said Grant Hauber, Strategic Energy Finance Advisor for Asia at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), during the 2025 Mandiri Investment Forum. Senior Indonesian government officials, foreign institutional investors, and global experts recently attended the Forum in Jakarta, co-hosted by Bank Mandiri and Mandiri Sekuritas. Hauber’s session, "Fueling Innovation: New Directions in Energy Policy," included panelists from the leadership teams of the national utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), Pertamina, and SKK Migas. “This is an opportunity to show what is possible for Indonesia under the newly formed government: renewables technologies, energy efficiency, and electrification are great economic levelers that provide affordable investment opportunities,” said Hauber. IEEFA’s report showed that this is especially true for solar energy since Indonesia’s current energy plan has the region’s fewest
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