PLN President Director Demonstrated How To Charge Electric Vehicles In Hadapan Vice President Ma'ruf Amin

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo demonstrated how to charge electric vehicles in front of Vice President Ma’ruf Amin and a number of ministers of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet when the group reviewed the readiness of the SPKLU in Nusa Dua, Bali. Darmawan at the event reported that Public Electric Vehicle Service Station (SPKLU) in front of The Apurva Kempinski Bali, which is planned to be the location of the G20 Summit, is ready to charge the delegates' electric vehicles. "For the readiness (infrastructure for charging electric vehicles, ed.) we installed 66 units of ultra fast charging," Darmawan told Ma’ruf Amin, a number of ministers, and National Police Chief Gen. Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo at SPKLU PLN installed in front of The Apurva Kempinski Bali, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, August 30. After reporting on the development of the installation of SPKLU in the Nusa Dua area, Darmawan continued to invite the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia and a number of ministers to try to directly charge electric vehicles at SPKLU. In front of the electric vehicle charging unit, Darmawan showed Ma’ruf Amin and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. After hearing Darmawan's explanation, the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia immediately tried to charge electric vehicles. The charging process, according to Ma’ruf Amin, is quite fast because it only takes 15 minutes to charge up to 100 percent. "I watched (the way of work, ed.) electric car charging stations, and everything was arranged very sophisticatedly and automatically," said Ma’ruf Amin after checking SPKLU in front of The Apurva Kempinski Bali. He is also optimistic that all preparations supporting the operation of the delegation's electric vehicle and other parties can be completed before the G20 Summit on 15–16 November 2022. Meanwhile, after the activity, the President Director of PLN said that there were a total of 70 SPKLU ultra fast charging units available for the G20 Summit. Of that number, 66 units of SPKLU ultra fast charging capacity of 200 kilowatts (kW) were installed at Central Park ITDC Nusa Dua and in front of The Apurva Kempinski Bali, while the remaining four units were reserve. Apart from that, there are 24 SPKLU units with a capacity of 120 kW prepared by Toyota. Then, there are 200 units of home charging whose installation currently reaches 94.5 percent. This means that 140 home charging units have been installed, and the rest are targeted to be completed in the 4th week of September 2022. A total of 200 home charging units will be available in several locations in Nusa Dua, including the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel (10 units), St. Hotel St. Regis (16 units), Grand Hyatt Hotel (11 units), Destruction Hotel (12 units), The Laguna Hotel (15 units), The Westin Resort (28 units), The total Carlton (25 units), Hilton Hotel (10 units), Samabe Hotel (13 units), and in the parking area around BNDCC (60 units). units).