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View all search resultsSite selection for first nuclear plant expected by mid-2026, says renewables official
According to the ministry's renewables director general, the Bangka Belitung Islands and West Kalimantan are two priority provinces under consideration as a potential site for developing Indonesia's first nuclear power plant toward a 2032 on-grid target.
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A technician from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) inspects a reactor pool in the G.A. Siwabessy multipurpose reactor on July 15, 2024, at the B.J. Habibie Science and Technology Area in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten. (Antara/Galih Pradipta)
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he government’s plans to build the first nuclear power plant in Indonesia includes site selection by midyear and a 2032 target to connect the facility to the national electricity grid, according to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry.
The plant is expected to have an initial capacity of 500 megawatts, making it one of the country’s largest low-carbon power projects.
“We are targeting on-grid by 2032, meaning that commissioning must also be completed in 2032. This is the fastest target,” Eniya Listiani Dewi, director general of new and renewable energy, said in the latest episode of the Bukan Abuleke podcast, published on Sunday on the ministry’s YouTube channel.
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Electricity demand in Southeast Asia’s largest economy is expected to rise 50 percent by 2030 and quintuple by 2060. This underscores the challenges of expanding the national power supply without abandoning the country’s net-zero commitment under the Paris Agreement, especially given that 67 percent of its power is currently generated from coal.
Eniya told the podcast that the Bangka Belitung Islands and West Kalimantan provinces had been identified as technically suitable for a nuclear facility, though a final decision was still months away.
“The location is still being discussed but the process is underway. We expect the formal designation around the middle of this year,” she said.
