As of Semester I 2023, installed renewable energy generation capacity is 12,736 MW

Jakarta – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) reported that the installed capacity of new renewable energy (NRE) power plants until the first semester of 2023 was 12,736.7 Megawatts (MW). The details consist of 6,738.3 MW of water power plants, 3,118.3 MW of biopower plants, 2,373.1 MW of geothermal power plants, 322.6 MW of solar power plants, 154.3 MW of wind power plants, biopower plants, and 30.0 MW of coal gasification power plants.

Director General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE), Dadan Kusdiana, said that the government is seriously working on the huge potential of NRE as a mainstay energy source in the future. One concrete action is to accelerate its development, both into electricity and non-electricity.

“The capacity of renewable energy plants currently reaches 12.7 gigawatts (GW) or 15 per cent of the total generation of 84.8 GW,” Kusdiana said in an official statement.

Non-electrical renewable energy achievements were optimised through the domestic use of 35 per cent blended biodiesel (B35), which from January to June 2023 reached 5.677 million kilo litres (KL), with foreign exchange savings of IDR 54.24 trillion.

In addition, the government also encourages the use of biomass to green existing Steam Power Plants (PLTU) through the biomass co-firing programme, with a target of 52 locations by 2025, and currently, 37 locations have been implemented.

“Biomass utilisation has reached 306 thousand tonnes from the target of 1.08 million tonnes in 2023,” Kusdiana said.

The government also ensures that the implementation of PT PLN’s (Persero) 2021-2030 Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) can operate according to the target. In the RUPTL, 20,923 MW of renewable energy plants will be built.

To date, there are 737 MW (3.5 per cent) of renewable power plants in operation, 5,259 MW (25.1 per cent) in the construction stage, 976 MW (4.7 per cent) in the procurement stage, 1,232 MW (5.9 per cent) in the procurement plan stage, 12,656 MW (60.5 per cent) in the planning stage, and 64 MW (0.3 per cent) of discontinued and terminated projects.

To accelerate the implementation of renewable energy, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has made various efforts, namely the construction of on-grid renewable energy power plants, including floating solar power plants; implementation of rooftop solar power plants; de-dieselisation program to renewable energy power plants; mandatory B35; and biomass co-firing in power plants.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources carries out NRE infrastructure development through the State Budget, especially aimed at providing access to electricity in remote areas. Regulatory improvements are carried out through the revision of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No. 26 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of Rooftop Solar PV, which is currently in the harmonisation stage with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. This regulation is expected to increase community participation in utilising solar power generation.

For additional information, Indonesia has abundant renewable energy potential reaching 3,687 GW, consisting of solar potential of 3,294 GW, hydro potential of 95 GW, bioenergy potential of 57 GW, wind potential of 155 GW, geothermal potential of 23 GW, and marine potential of 63 GW. (Hartatik)

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