PT North Sumatra Hydro Energy (NSHE)

NSHE is the consortium developing the controversial Batang Toru hydropower plant in North Sumatra, a project linked to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. - Operations formally suspended on December 10, 2025; undergoing environmental audit with PT Agincourt Resources and PTPN III

In late November 2025, rare tropical Cyclone Senyar dumped extreme rainfall on Indonesia's Sumatra island, unleashing catastrophic floods and landslides across the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. By January 4, 2026, Indonesian authorities reported at least 1,177 deaths and 165 missing, with more than 3.3 million residents affected and around 1.1 million displaced across 52 cities and regencies. Economic losses exceeded 68.7 trillion rupiah ($4.13 billion), with 166,743 houses damaged along with hundreds of bridges, health facilities and schools. The same storm systems killed roughly 200 more people in southern Thailand and Malaysia, turning a regional weather anomaly into Southeast Asia's deadliest climate disaster of the year.

Updated Jan 4

NSHE is the developer of the China‑backed Batang Toru hydropower project in North Sumatra, located in a sensitive watershed. - Hydropower developer under environmental audit and temporary suspension

In late November 2025, Cyclone Senyar formed over the Strait of Malacca and made landfall on Sumatra, unleashing days of extreme rainfall that triggered catastrophic floods and landslides across the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. The disaster has killed at least 950 people, left 274 missing, injured thousands, and forced around a million people from their homes, making it one of Southeast Asia’s deadliest recent climate-related catastrophes.

Updated Dec 11, 2025