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Plan for 70% renewables in 2024 RUPTL could face challenges
Introducing more renewables will only be possible if the country can solve its persistent electricity problems.
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Workers check solar panels at Tirtonadi Terminal in Surakarta, Central Java, for a Transportation Ministry project capable of producing 500,000 watts of electricity to power the terminal's operations, in this undated photograph. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
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ndonesia is expected to make more commitments to the adoption of renewable energy following discussions about the new electricity procurement plan, but experts expect realizing such ambitious goals will remain challenging because of the country’s inability to attract large investments.
State-owned electricity company PLN plans to build an additional 33.2 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power capacity between 2024 and 2033, according to the latest draft of the long-term electricity procurement plan (RUPTL) seen by The Jakarta Post this April.
That is equivalent to 70.64 percent of the planned 47 GW of additional electricity capacity, with the rest to be powered by coal and gas plants.
The latest figure marks a shift from PLN’s 2021-2030 RUPTL, which strived to reach 51 percent renewables out of a planned 40.5 GW of additional electricity capacity.
It also shows a slight improvement from the previous 2024 RUPTL draft shown in November last year that aimed for a 68 percent share of renewables in the planned additional electricity capacity, according to a PLN presentation to the House of Representatives.
When asked about the latest development of the plan, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's electricity director general, Jisman Hutajulu, said that “there is yet to be a proposal from PLN.”
PLN did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment on the matter.
