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Renderings have been released of the latest scheme in Jakarta by SOM: the Pertamina Energy Tower and associated energy campus. The project was celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony this week as construction work began on the consolidated headquarters for state-owned energy company Pertamina. Construction is due to complete in 2020. Anchoring the project will be a 500-meter-high office tower for 20,000 employees which SOM describe as the world’s first supertall tower for which energy is the primary design driver’. The 99-story structure is located at the center of the campus, its slim silhouette tapering as it rises to a wind funnel’ at the top which will harness the prevailing winds to generate energy for use within the offices.