Jakarta - Indonesia is an exporter of environmentally friendly electricity to Singapore through cooperation between the two countries. BPI Danantara is confirmed to be involved in the electricity export project.
This project is prepared as a long-term cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore, with an initial capacity of construction of around 600 megawatts to 1.2 gigawatt. Minister of Investment and Industrialization and Head of BPI Danantara Rosan Roeslani said the cooperation was carried out together with Keppel Electric.
A cooperation or memorandum of understanding was signed during a meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at Istana Merdeka, Jakarta, Monday, July 6.
Rosan said that the plan for cooperation in electricity exports had been prepared for quite some time. According to him, President Prabowo has given an order for Danantara to work together with the business world and investors to realize the project.
In the cooperation scheme, Danantara will be the Indonesian party. Keppel Electric is said to play the role of offtaker or buyer of electricity from the project. Rosan has not specified the exact location of the power plant to be built. However, he said that one of the areas that was seen was the Batam, Bintan, and Karimun or BBK area.
Rosan said the total project capacity in the long term is estimated to reach 3.4 gigawatt. However, the first phase of construction will start smaller. For the first construction, according to Rosan, the capacity is between 600 megawatts to 1.2 gigawatt.
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