U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre warns that conflicts of interest, political financing from fossil-fuel industries and weak oversight create major corruption risks that could undermine Indonesia’s energy transition

The report finds that close links between political elites, state-owned energy companies and extractive-sector businesses create conditions for state capture, procurement manipulation and preferential treatment for fossil-fuel interests, slowing the shift to renewable energy despite national climate commitments. It also identifies governance weaknesses—such as fragmented conflict-of-interest rules, limited transparency in project selection under initiatives like the Just Energy Transition Partnership, and gaps in beneficial-ownership disclosure—that enable corruption, bribery and illicit financial flows in the energy sector…