Indonesian state utility to gradually retire coal power plants

• 3 years ago (2021-05-28)
• David Flin

Asia 907 Coal 302

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Indonesia’s state electricity utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has said that it will retire its coal-fired power plants gradually in a phased move towards becoming carbon neutral. Darmawan Prasodjo, Deputy President Director of PLN, said that this is part of PLN’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

Indonesia’s government aims to have 23 per cent of energy coming from renewable sources by 2025, up from 11 per cent in 2020. Darmawan said: “We are building a coal-fired power plant retirement timeline.” The first phase will see the closure of three coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 1.1 GW by 2030. These plants are the Muara Karang plant in Jakarta, Tambak Lorok power plant in Semarang, and a gas- and coal-fired power plant in Gresik.

Darmawan said that PLN aims to retire its conventional power plants which have a combined capacity of 9 GW by 2035; that it will close supercritical coal-based power plants, with a combined capacity of 10 GW, by 2040, and all other coal plants will be retired by 2056.