Batang district, on the northeastern coast of the central Indonesian island of Java, will soon be home to what has been billed as Southeast Asia’s largest ever coal-fired power plant. The developer announced last month that construction is underway on the 2,000-megawatt (MW) plant, which is now expected to be “fully operational” in 2020. The … Continue reading As construction begins on Java’s Batang coal plant, a divided community faces environmental problems