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View all search resultsGovt struggles to find land for solar power program
Unwieldy terrain, unresolved land acquisition and operational limitations of village cooperatives threaten to slow down Indonesia's push to develop 100 gigawatts of solar power capacity in remote regions.
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Solar power plant panels float on Sept. 26, 2023, at the Cirata Dam in West Java's Purwakarta regency. (Antara/Raisan Al Farisi)
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nwieldy terrain, unresolved land acquisition and operational limitations of village cooperatives threaten to slow down a government push to develop 100 gigawatts of solar power capacity across the country.
State asset fund Danantara recently announced its intention to mobilize financing for the initiative, but as the program moves from blueprint to reality, officials on the ground are confronting a very different set of challenges.
Trois Dilisusendi, head of the Electricity, New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Survey and Testing Center at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, said the government's energy transition task force now involved more than eight ministries and institutions.
Speaking at a panel discussion hosted by the Indonesian Solar Energy Association (AESI) on April 22, he highlighted ongoing collaboration on data sharing and land acquisition with the Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Ministry.
"We continue to work intensively," Trois said, noting that land remained a significant issue in project deployment.
The ministry is utilizing state budget funds to build solar plants in villages without electricity, handling everything from planning to feasibility studies.
However, conditions on the ground were often “far from ideal”, he said, noting that a recent survey of 218 locations uncovered extreme logistical and environmental challenges.
