Indonesia: PLN Works on Floating Solar Plant in West Java

Indonesia: PLN Works on Floating Solar Plant in West Java

State power company PLN plans to build a floating photovoltaic solar power
plant in Cirata Reservoir, West Java. The company is now conducting a
feasibility study together with a renewable energy developer from the United
Arab Emirates, Masdar.

PLN Planning Director Nicke Widyawati said a floating unit is the solution
to land acquisition constraints that often stall construction. Additionally,
investment cost is smaller as there is no need to purchase land.

PLN subsidiary, Pembangkitan Jawa Bali, is in talks with Masdar to determine
the project's technical elements. PJB is the operator of Cirata solar plant,
which has 8x126-MW capacity. The partnership between the two companies will
use an independent power producer (IPP) scheme. They are now discussing the
plant's capacity and operating targets.

PLN is also eyeing the technology used by Masdar to develop solar plants in
their home country, with power-generating capacities amounting to 150 MW and
200 MW.

This is related to the low price of electricity produced. UAE sells solar
power for just US$0.0242 per kWh, far cheaper than Indonesia's photovoltaic
power plants' US$0.22 per kWh.

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Link to Original Article:
https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/05/24/056878266/PLN-Works-on-Floating-Sol
ar-Plant-in-West-Java

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com