TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian government is preparing a plan to export electricity of up to 300 megawatts (MW) through the 400 kilovolts (kV) underwater transmission to the Southeast Asia regions. The electricity to be exported would reportedly be generated from new and renewable energy (EBT).

The plan emerged after the government discussed the development of a floating solar power plant (PLTS) of 2.2 gigawatts peak (GWp) in Duriangkang Reservoir, Batam, Riau Islands.

Deputy for Maritime Sovereignty and Energy at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Basilio Dias Araujo, explained the government was facing many challenges to achieve the target of the energy mix to 23 percent by 2025

“The dominant use of fossil energy and unconducive policies force us to make extra efforts to achieve the target by 2025,” said Basilio in an official statement, Tuesday, September 28.

Thus, to optimize the use of renewable energy, the government through the Batam Industrial Development Authority (BP Batam) signed a deal with Sunseap Group for the construction of PLTS and the electricity export.

The memorandum of agreement, however, did not state which countries will be the destination of the electricity export but it is possible that one of the importers of electrical energy is Singapore given that group is a Singapore-based clean energy provider.

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