Indonesia's production of EV batteries as a step toward sustainability is shadowed by the fact that their manufacturing in coal-powered industrial estates contributes to pollution.
JAKARTA As Indonesia positions itself to become a key global hub for electric vehicle batteries, it’s also putting people and the environment at harm through the coal-fired plants powering its nickel smelters, activists say. These coal plants aren’t connected to the national grid. Instead, they exclusively serve the industrial estates cropping up across the […]