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Govt has nearly met solar panel installation cap
The ministry set a 901 megawatt (MW) nationwide limit for rooftop solar panel installation this year. Less than 90 MW of that quota remains.
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Faith in green energy: A technician walks along an array of solar panels providing electricity to Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on March 26, 2024. (Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)
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he government has almost reached its rooftop solar panel installation limit for this year, the Energy and Minerals Resources Ministry has said, implying high demand from both businesses and households.
The ministry set a 901 megawatt (MW) nationwide quota for rooftop solar panel installation this year. Less than 90 MW of that quota remains.
The Java-Bali grid saw the lion’s share of installations, accounting for 825 MW of the total quota. The remaining capacity was distributed across 10 other grids.
“Rooftop solar power panels are selling well. Now, only 90 MW [of the quota] is left,” Eniya said on the sidelines of the Indonesia Net-Zero Summit in Jakarta on Saturday, as quoted by Bisnis.
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The government claims the quota will protect PLN from the risks of renewable energy intermittency.
The cap was stipulated in Energy and Mineral Resources Ministerial Regulation No. 2/2024, which revised a 2021 regulation that did not contain a quota system.
