A number of activists from the Break Free Coalition, consisting of Greenpeace, WALHI and JATAM occupy the piling barges which operate in East Roban waters, Batang, Central Java. The activists unfurl a big banner that calls for the termination of the construction of the coal fired power plant.

Most of Batang citizens, who earn money as fishermen and farmers, have been fighting for more than five years, to oppose this dirty project. "After the financial closure signing by President Joko Widodo last year, people suffer more in Batang. Access to their land even from the sea is closed, making people lose income, they often experienced intimidation even before the power plant was built," said Didit Wicaksono, Climate and Energy Campaigner of Greenpeace Indonesia.

Batang coal power plant is claimed to be the largest in Southeast Asia with a capacity of 2000 megawatts. It will release around 10.8 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere – equals to total carbon emissions of Myanmar in 2009.