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Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia (Photo: Maria Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia said that his party is reviewing the plan to export green electricity sourced from new and renewable energy plants (EBT) abroad.

Furthermore, Bahlil said the study was carried out carefully by looking at domestic interests and needs. Considering that the regulations will be under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

"In principle, we don't have a problem, but we have to be careful. We have to study carefully, we have to look at our national interests and needs. After that, we will see the economic value in the interests of our country. After that, we will formulate, "he said at the Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, Wednesday, September 25.

After being formulated, Bahlil said the government would later determine which countries were the destinations for this green electricity export.

"There will be an Indonesian government that will discuss which countries will be intended for that," he explained.

In addition, Bahlil also emphasized that there has been no agreement on green electricity exports with any countries, including Singapore.

"Nothing yet, there is only an MoU. The MoU is not binding. Understanding, yes," he said.

Bahlil also ensured that the international trade cooperation went well and did not have the potential to fail.

"Oh nothing failed, failed. Everything has the potential, it's fine," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, gave the latest news regarding electricity exports to neighboring Indonesia, Singapore.

Luhut said the electricity to be exported to white lion countries is green electricity from the New Renewable Energy Development (EBT) with a capacity of up to 2 gigawatts (GW).

"It was said that the first was 2 gigawatts, yes, but it could have developed," said Luhut to the media crew, Thursday, September 5.

Despite providing additional space for export quotas, Luhut ensured that the government would still take into account domestic electricity supply so as not to interfere with national electricity.

"We also have to see domestic needs, right? Don't export everything. We won't have any later," explained Luhut.