Indonesia inaugurates Southeast Asia's largest floating solar power plant
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Wednesday (November 9) inaugurated a 192-megawatt peak (MWp) floating solar power plant on a reservoir in West Java province, the largest in Southeast Asia, as part of a drive to increase renewable energy sources and switch away from coal.
The 1.7 trillion rupiah ($108.70 million) project was developed by PLN Nusantara Power, a unit of Indonesia's state utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) and United Arab Emirates renewable energy company Masdar, a unit of Mubadala Investment Company.
The solar power infrastructure, built on Cirata reservoir 108 kilometres southeast of Indonesia capital Jakarta, is the third largest floating solar plant in the world.
Renewable energy accounted for 12.3% of Indonesia's energy mix in 2022, and Jokowi said that the target of 23% by 2025 would probably be missed.
