Govt to Kick Off Coal Gasification Project with Danantara Funding

The government is set to involve the newly-minted sovereign wealth fund Danantara in the coal gasification or DME project worth IDR 180 trillion of investment.

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA — Indonesia The newly-minted sovereign wealth fund Danantara is slated to invest in the government’s ambitious coal gasification project, which aims to turn coal into dimethyl ether (DME) as a substitute for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

The coal gasification project had previously stalled after its main investor, Air Products & Chemical Inc., withdrew. The American company chose to pull out its entire investment commitment from Indonesia’s coal downstreaming projects and redirect its investments to its home country.

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