Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto said the government plans to retire all the nation’s coal power plants within 15 years to help stem global warming.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has announced that his government plans to retire all coal and other fossil fuel-powered power plants within 15 years, while drastically boosting renewable energy capacity.

"We plan to build more than 75GW of renewable energy in the next 15 years [to replace coal-fired power]," said Subianto. Indonesia's deputy minister of energy and mineral resources, Yuliot Tanjung, acknowledged the country's heavy reliance on coal for electricity.

The Indonesian government is pushing Apple for a higher investment than its recently proposed $100 million before it will consider lifting

The Indonesian government expects Apple to invest more than $100 million into the country if it wants to sell its iPhone 16 in the growing market.

This move follows the South-East Asian country’s recent ban on iPhone 16 sales due to non-compliance with local component regulations.