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View all search resultsPLN also pushed pumped-storage hydropower projects designed to function like giant water batteries, pumping water to an upper reservoir during periods of low demand and releasing it to generate electricity during peak hours.
The government is accelerating the operational launch of the 510-megawatt Batang Toru hydroelectric power plant to reinforce Sumatra’s electricity system, which remains under strain following a hydrological disaster that toppled five transmission towers in November last year.
An Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry official says the government is banking on hydropower, which can generate baseload electricity, to be the main renewable energy source as the country looks to reduce reliance on coal-fired power plants.
Hydroelectric power was once slated to spearhead Indonesia’s transition to renewable energy, but despite the abundant potential, industry players are reluctant to invest because of what analysts see as excessive bureaucratic hurdles.
Publicly listed renewables developer PT Terregra Asia Energy has struck an agreement with state-owned construction firm PT Waskita Karya to build seven hydro power plants worth Rp 12.5 trillion (US$897.7 million) on Sumatra Island.
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