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View all search resultsPLN might sit out solar power export projects to Singapore
PLN is unlikely to be directly involved in the initial phase of planned solar power exports from Indonesia to Singapore. An energy expert said the state-owned power provider should prioritize meeting its commitments under the electricity procurement business plan (RUPTL), given its limited capital and extensive domestic responsibilities.
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Floating power: A floating solar power plant that can generate 192 megawatts of peak electricity is seen shortly after its completion in 2023, at the Cirata Reservoir in West Java. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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tate-owned electricity company PLN is unlikely to be directly involved in the initial phase of planned solar power exports from Indonesia to Singapore. An energy expert said the power provider, given its limited capital, should prioritize its responsibility for domestic power supply.
Indonesia and Singapore signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on June 13 to develop cross-border trade in low-carbon electricity and collaborate on carbon capture and storage (CCS), ministers from both countries said in Jakarta.
The electricity deal reaffirmed an earlier agreement to export solar power from Indonesia to Singapore, with a group of companies planning to build plants and grid infrastructure to generate and transmit the power.
PLN may not take part in the early phase of Indonesia’s clean electricity exports to Singapore, Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said on June 13 after he signed the MoU with Singapore’s minister-in-charge of energy and science & technology at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.
The government is banking on private-sector participation in the export program to allow PLN to focus on its electricity procurement business plan (RUPTL), which entails adding 69 gigawatts (GW) of additional power generating capacity and 80,000 kilometers of transmission lines by 2034.
Bahlil noted, however, that PLN’s involvement in clean power exports remains an option for future phases of the plan.
The government has set out a target for renewable energy exports to begin in 2028 and reach 3.4 GW by 2035, backed by US$10 billion to be invested in solar panel manufacturing and related activities in Riau Islands.
