Indonesia to replace 8GW of coal-fired plant with renewables

• 8 years ago (2016-03-31)

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Amin Subekti, PLN director for regional business for East Java and Bali, said: “The development of some of the power plants has been delayed and we will replace them with power plants using renewable energy sources. We prioritise renewable power plants because we have to comply with the government’s target.”

The Indonesian government is currently targeting renewable energy sources to reach 23 per cent of total power generative capacity by 2025.

At present, the majority of Indonesian power plants are fuelled with coal or other fossil fuel. At the end of 2015, only 8 per cent of a total capacity of 55 000 MW capacity was renewables-based.

Additionally, the PLN has also increased its development target for new power plants in the period of 2016-2025 from 70 GW to 78 GW. Of the additional 8 GW of planned capacity, 4 GW will be gas-fired, 5 GW will be hydropower, 1 GW will be geothermal and an another 8 GW will come from wind, photovoltaic, biomass and nuclear.

Sudirman Said, the Energy and Mineral Resources Minister, said that development of the country’s renewable energy sector over the next ten years is expected to cost $19.6 billion.