10 Schools And 12 Health Centers In DKI Will Use Electricity From Solar Power

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JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government (Pemprov) is targeting 31 public facilities in the capital city as solar-powered electricity users to support energy efficiency and environmentally friendly in 2023.

"Public facilities include schools in five areas of DKI," said Head of the DKI Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration and Energy Agency Andri Yansyah in Jakarta, Wednesday, February 22, quoted from Antara.

A total of 10 schools in DKI, namely two schools each in Jakarta, West Jakarta, North Jakarta, East Jakarta and South Jakarta. All solar power plants (PLTS) are estimated to be able to generate an electric capacity of around 20 kilowatts per hour.

In addition to schools, 21 other public facilities will use solar power. Starting from 12 health centers, sub-district offices (3), sports arenas/GOR (3), regional work unit buildings/SKPD (3) with a total capacity of 55 kilowatts per hour.

The use of solar electricity in 2023 is a form of expansion by the DKI Provincial Government to support environmentally friendly energy.

Andri added that in 2010-2019, the DKI Provincial Government had built solar electricity in 10 locations including schools, the Jakarta City Hall Block G, the DKI Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) building.

Then in 2019 it was built in 92 school locations, then in 2021 solar panels were installed in four locations along with school renovations by the DKI Education Office.

Meanwhile, in 2022, solar power installations will be carried out in 30 locations, 13 of which are located in schools. To date, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has installed electricity in 136 locations with a capacity of 3.2 megawatts.

Meanwhile, based on data from the State Electricity Company (PLN) collected by the DKI Jakarta Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the number of electricity customers in 2021 reached 4.9 million, an increase compared to 2020 reaching 4.7 million.

Meanwhile, the amount of power sold according to tariffs and branches in 2020 reached 32.1 million kilowatts per hour (kwh), or jumped compared to 2019 reaching 4.5 million kwh.