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USTDA, Indonesia partner on NuScale small modular reactor

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The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a grant to PLN Indonesia Power (Indonesia Power) for technical assistance to help develop the country’s first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power plant. After 78 years of waiting, now is the time to achieve self-sufficiency in emission-free green energy.

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Ford joins PT Vale Indonesia and Huayou in Pomalaa nickel project; offtake agreement

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PT Vale Indonesia Tbk and China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. creating a three-party collaboration to advance more sustainable nickel production in Indonesia and help make electric vehicle batteries more affordable. The Pomalaa Block HPAL Project will process ore provided by PT Vale Indonesia from its Pomalaa Block mine to produce MHP.

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BNEF: Net-zero transition potentially a $3.5T investment opportunity for Indonesia

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trillion investment opportunity for Indonesia, according to a new report published at the BNEF Summit Bali by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF) entitled Net-Zero Transition: Opportunities for Indonesia. Today, coal-fired plants meet more than 60% of Indonesia’s power demand. The global net zero transition can represent a $3.5-trillion

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Roskill: Indonesia to overtake China as top refined nickel producer this year

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Materials supply chain intelligence company Roskill expects Indonesia to become the world’s largest producer of refined nickel this year, pushing China to second place. As recently as 2014, Indonesia produced only 24kt of refined nickel. The Lygend plant will be the first HPAL plant in Indonesia.

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CATL and Indonesia set sights on EV material mining, battery manufacturing with $6B investment

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A series of CATL subsidiaries have announced a new $6 billion investment with Indonesia in an effort to boost nickel mining and processing, battery materials obtainment, battery manufacturing, and battery recycling as e-mobility continues to surge forward. ANTAM is a member of the state-owned mining company MIND ID of Indonesia.

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Tesla gets pitch to build “end-to-end” industry in Indonesia from Jokowi

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Everything in Indonesia, because that’s very efficient. That’s what I offered,” Indonesia’s President said. Jokowi told CNBC that Elon Musk sent a Tesla team to Indonesia six weeks ago “to check the potential of nickel, to check environmental aspects, but the car-related team has not come.”.

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Blue Chicken, the biggest taxi operator in Indonesia: Maximum EVs might be bought from BYD this past

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Indonesia, recognized for its plentiful reserves of nickel, an important quality in batteries, is actively selling the advance of its EV trade. The affordability of BYD fashions performed an important position in Blue Chicken’s choice, as they discovered them to be extra in sequence with their industry goals in Indonesia.