The Jakarta Post
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsPrabowo kicks off solar power push with groundbreakings, open tenders
At the event on Tuesday, President Prabowo Subianto broke ground on solar power plants in Banyuwangi and Pasuruan in East Java, as well as at Gajah Mungkur Reservoir in Central Java, with a combined capacity of 396.4 MWp.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Set as preferred source
President Prabowo Subianto (center) presses a button during the launch and groundbreaking ceremony for the solar power plant programs in Gilimanuk, Jembrana, Bali, on Aug. 25, 2026. (Antara/Fikri Yusuf)
P
resident Prabowo Subianto has broken ground on three solar power projects with a combined capacity of 396.4 megawatt-peak (MWp) and unveiled half a dozen tender-ready projects as part of an ambitious push to add 100 GWp of solar power capacity over the next three years.
"Today is an important day. We're launching, and I believe we'll reach 100 GW in less than three years," he said at a launching event at the Gilimanuk Operation Monument in Jembrana regency, Bali, on Tuesday.
Drawing parallels to the government's food self-sufficiency program, which achieved its four-year target within one year, Prabowo challenged the energy team to deliver similar results.
"If I gave the energy team a three-year target, no, it would be two years.”
The main launch site in Gilimanuk is part of the “fat burning Bali” program, designed to replace fuel-based power generation with clean energy. The facility is expected to feature 198 MWp of solar capacity paired with a 666 megawatt-hour (MWh) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) across 211 hectares, targeting commercial operation by 2028.
The Gilimanuk project is currently ready for tender, along with large floating solar plants at Jatiluhur (1.69 GWp) and an expansion of the existing floating solar project at the Cirata reservoir (1.25 GWp). In total, the country has opened six projects for tender, with a combined capacity of 4.55 GWp.
At the event on Tuesday, President Prabowo broke ground on solar power plants in Banyuwangi and Pasuruan in East Java, as well as at Gajah Mungkur Reservoir in Central Java, with a combined capacity of 396.4 MWp. In total, 14 projects with a combined capacity of 5.22 GWp have either broken ground or are under construction in Indonesia, representing US$7.7 billion in investment.
