Indonesia has announced that it will build a 100 GW solar power plant project at an estimated investment of around $71.3 billion.
The Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) and the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR) of Indonesia have prepared 24,000 hectares of land on Java Island to support the 100 GW Solar Power Plant (PLTS) program.
“Based on our identification, approximately 24,000 hectares of land are available on Java Island,” the Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Yuliot Tanjung, said in a statement.
In the initial phase, his office will first prioritize accelerating the 17-gigawatt (GW) project. “We also have battery energy storage (BESS) of around 33 gigawatts,” he added.
Tanjung further noted that the government is preparing the initial phase of developing a 17-gigawatt (GW) solar power plant as part of the massive 100 GW PLTS project being pushed to support the national energy transition.
Meanwhile, the Expert Staff to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources for Strategic Planning, Jisman P. Hutajulu, stated that the government is targeting a total PLTS development capacity of around 100.7-gigawatt peak (GWp), combined with a battery energy storage system (BESS) of 145.8 gigawatt hours (GWh).
The program is divided into two main schemes: large-scale PLTS connected to the national electricity grid, and distributing small-scale PLTS to reach remote areas and villages.
For large-scale solar power plants (PLTS), the planned capacity is about 87.5 GWp, supported by 111 GWh of BESS.
Meanwhile, distributed PLTS are targeted to reach 13.2 GWp, with BESS capacity of around 34.8 GWh.
Earlier, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto set a target to develop 100 GW of solar power capacity between 2026 and 2028. This is considered highly ambitious, given that the current installed solar capacity is only around 1.5 GW.
