My latest for #EnergyMonitor is on 🇮🇩 #Indonesia's #JETP, aimed at transitioning the country away from coal & towards #renewables.

Many are cautiously hopeful, fearing that #coal may, sneakily, continue as an energy source & that renewables may mean co-firing biomass or nuclear, and not #wind #solar 🌞 or #geothermal ♨️

https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/green-deals/how-will-indonesias-jetp-move-it-beyond-coal/

9/ The lack of transparency and consideration of local contexts are only a few of the issues surrounding waste-to-energy. Learn more in this investigation published in #EnergyMonitor co-reported by Alexandra Buba 🇩🇪 Nicha Wachpanich 🇹🇭 & Geela Garcia 🇵🇭 with the support of #JournalismFundEU

https://www.energymonitor.ai/sectors/industry/facing-headwinds-at-home-europe-and-japan-are-pushing-waste-to-energy-technology-across-south-east-asia/

1/ Proposed as a solution to the waste management crisis & a #sustainable #energy source, #waste-to-energy technology sounds, like a win-win solution. But as the growing local opposition in #SoutheastAsia shows, it is anything but.

A 🧵 on the reality of the effects of #incineration on local communities, an investigation supported by #JournalismFund, published in #EnergyMonitor

https://www.energymonitor.ai/sectors/industry/facing-headwinds-at-home-europe-and-japan-are-pushing-waste-to-energy-technology-across-south-east-asia/