Institute of Irena said that by 2030, solar energy may become the pillar of Indonesia's energy system. However, the country's own expectations are far from Irena's ideas.
According to the recent report of the Indonesian Energy Transformation Outlook released by Irena, the agency predicts that by 2050, the power industry in Indonesia will go through a "thorough transformation". Irena said that by 2050, the share of renewable energy in the country's power generation structure may reach 85%, compared to about 12%in 2011.
Solar energy is expected to be the pillar of this transformation. According to "the most conservative" estimation, photovoltaic power generation is expected to account for 798 GW among the total power generation of 1000 GW. In the case of "the most optimistic", photovoltaic power generation is expected to reach 840 GW. To this end, by 2030, Indonesia needs to add 660 GW solar power generation capabilities in its power generation.
In order to achieve this goal, the country needs to invest 44 billion US dollars in the solar field, and the investment amount of other renewable energy technology will reach US $ 39 billion. In addition, it will also need to invest $ 75 billion to build power grid infrastructure. Battery storage will require $ 5.5 billion in investment, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure will need $ 22 billion to invest.
However, Indonesia's own expectations are far from the idea of Irena. According to the power plan released by the country last year, in the case of "best", the target set by the plan is that by 2030, renewable energy will account for 23%of the total power generation. According to Apricum's data, the country's current solar installation capacity is about 190 MW.
In May this year, Saudi Arabia developer ACWA POWER successfully won the 110 MW reservoir floating photovoltaic project, Sumatra Island 50 MW photovoltaic project, and 60 mW floating solar projects of Java Island.
In April of this year, the Qualum Power ASIA company headquartered in Singapore and IB VOGT in Germany announced that it plans to invest $ 5 billion to build a 3.5 GW photovoltaic power generation project and 12 GW energy storage project.
According to data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, in January of this year, Indonesia completed 51.2 MW roof solar power generation capacity including commercial, industry (C & i) and residential projects.
