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PLN, Masdar begin building biggest floating solar plant in Southeast Asia
The 145-megawatt Cirata floating solar power plant in West Java is expected to operate in November 2022.
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The 600 kilowatt-peak (kWp) solar power plant on Gili Trawangan Island in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on Feb. 12. (PLN/PLN)
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onstruction on the 145-megawatt (MW) Cirata floating solar power plant in West Java has begun in what developers claim will be the biggest facility of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Plant developer PT PJB Masdar Solar Energi (PMSE) announced on Tuesday that it had reached a financial close over the power plant, which is expected to begin operations in November 2022.
PJB Masdar is a joint venture company between Abu Dhabi-based renewables firm Masdar and PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Investasi (PJBI), a subsidiary of Jakarta-based state-owned electricity firm PLN.
“The project is expected to encourage future breakthrough projects in the new and renewable energy sector,” PLN president director Zulkifli Zaini said in a financial close declaration ceremony on Tuesday.
The Cirata power plant is targeted to generate 245 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year with an offtake tariff of 5.8 US cents per kWh.
Once completed, the plant will provide enough electricity to power 50,000 homes, create up to 800 jobs and offset 214,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, according to Zulkifli.
PLN has big plans to diversify into renewable energy in helping the Indonesian government achieve a 23 percent renewable energy mix by 2025, as per the country’s National Energy Plan (KEN), mainly by using more solar power, the fastest growing green energy source in the world.
