Indonesia Coal Plant Seen as Flagship For Fuel’s Exit Scraps Early Closure

A coal-fired power plant in Indonesia scheduled to close down early and act as a flagship for efforts to shift Asia’s economies away from the fossil fuel has scrapped proposals to shutter ahead of schedule.

Cirebon-1 in West Java, a few hours’ drive east of Jakarta, had been due to be retired almost 7 years early under an agreement between Indonesia’s government, the Asian Development Bank and other partners struck on the sidelines of the COP28 United Nations climate conference in Dubai in 2023.