Until September 2022, PLN Has 8.5 GW Of EBT Generation

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PT PLN (Persero) is aggressively building new and renewable energy-based power plants (EBT) to accelerate the energy transition in the country to achieve the Net Zero Emission target by 2060 and meet industrial and business needs for green electricity. As of September 2022, PLN has successfully operated an EBT plant with a total capacity of 8.5 gigawatts (GW). PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo stated that the capacity of the EBT generator managed by PLN will continue to increase. By 2030, the total capacity of environmentally friendly power plants is targeted to reach 28.9 GW. To achieve this target, according to the 2021-2030 Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL), PLN will increase the capacity of EBT power plants by 20.9 GW. "The portion of EBT development reached 51.6 percent at this green RUPTL. This proves our commitment in carrying out the energy transition for better earth life," Darmawan said in an official statement, Tuesday, October 25. Darmawan explained that the development of EBT by 20.9 GW in the future will be dominated by hydroelectric power plants (PLTA). The total increase in installed hydropower capacity can reach 10.4 GW. In addition, the installation of solar power plants (PLTS) will also be boosted with a total additional installed capacity of 4.7 GW until 2030. "Indonesia also has geothermal potential that can be developed. The plan is that until 2030 the total capacity of installed geothermal power plants (PLTP) is 3.4 GW. We are also exploring other potential resources such as usa, biomass, biogas, garbage and generators. EBT baseload with a total additional development capacity of up to 2.5 GW," said Darmawan. Especially for this year, PLN has succeeded in increasing the EBT capacity by 159.35 megawatts (MW) from power plants in 20 locations. The number of EBT power increases drastically because of the 11 plant locations that are targeted to actually reach 20 generating locations. With details of 87.07 MW generated by PLTA, 69.38 MW from PLTP and 2.91 MW from PLTS. “Saat ini kita tengah menghadapi transisi energi. Selanjutnya kita akan menggunakan pembangkit listrik yang berbasis EBT. Namun transisi energi bukan sekadar itu, tetapi ini adalah peralihan dari bahan bakar berbasis fosil yang impor dan mahal ke EBT yang yang lokal, murah, dan ramah lingkungan,” pungkas Darmawan.