Power Plant Capacity Grows to 69.6 GW, NRE Contributes 10.3 GW

MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

PRESS RELEASE

NUMBER: 062.Pers/04/SJI/2020

Date: 7 February 2020

Power Plant Capacity Grows to 69.6 GW, NRE Contributes 10.3 GW

Indonesia's power plants capacity grows by almost 15 Giga Watt (GW), to 69.6 GW from previously 54.7 GW, in the last five years. The growth in the capacity is among others supported by the increase of New, Renewable Energy (NRE)-based power plants.

"The capacity of NRE power plants is around 10.3 GW or 14.8 percent," said Director General of Electricity, Rida Mulyana, at a hearing with Commission VII of House of Representatives in Jakarta, Wednesday (5/2).

Rida detailed that steam-fired power plants (PLTU) still dominated the national capacity, at 34.7 GW or 49.9%, followed by gas/gas & steam-fired (PLTG/GU/MG) at 19.9 GW or about 28.6%, NRE-based power plants at 10.3 GW or around 14.8%, and finally diesel-fired (PLTD) at 4.6 GW or around 6.7%.

Meanwhile, in terms of ownership status, PT PLN (Persero) has a capacity of 42.35 GW (60.9%), followed by Independent Power Producers (IPP) of 18.12 (26.0%). Operation License (IO) holders rank third with a capacity of 5.46 GW (7.8%), Private Power Utility (PPU) 3.58 GW (5.1%), and finally the government 0.05 GW (0.1%).

To boost electricity infrastructure, the government has set a target to increase capacity by 27.28 GW in the next five years, made up of fossil-fueled power plant of 18.28 GW (67.0%) and NRE-based power plant of 9.05 GW (33.0%). This means Indonesia's total capacity in 2024 will reach 96.98 GW.

"Of the total capacity 27.28 GW planned, the installed capacity from the 35,000 MW Program is 20.62 GW. The remaining is from the Fast Tracking Project (FTP)," said Rida.

The NRE capacity of 9.05 GW, according to Rida, had considered market creation for NRE power plants with a total capacity of 2.24 GW spread out all over Indonesia.

To realize the target, Rida had made an investment projection of USD36 billion or about Rp504 trillion (assuming US$ 1=Rp14 thousand), consisting of NRE and non-NRE power plants.

Rida also underlined that the construction had been adjusted to the supply and demand. The main consideration was to supply business, tourism, and industries.

"We've plotted the electricity supply and the potential demand. Alhamdulillah, thank God, demand in the future will suffice, including for smelter development. So, there should be no worries about oversupply," Rida ended. (IY)

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