JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said on Friday it had signed 14 agreements with various institutions during the COP28 climate summit to transition to cleaner energy.
The agreements cover plans to develop renewable energy ecosystems, shut down coal power plants ahead of schedule and provide worker training programmes, PLN said in a statement.
A deal with France’s Hydrogen de France calls for developing a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid power plant in Indonesia, PLN said.
PLN also agreed with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) to develop transmission grid interconnection and a smart grid in Indonesia.
PLN Nusantara Power, a PLN unit, agreed with Singapore’s Sembcorp Utilities to develop solar power plants in Nusantara, Indonesia’s new capital city, and with Korean Hydro & Nuclear Power to explore a pre-feasibility study for a nuclear power plant in Indonesia using small modular reactor technology.
“As the locomotive of the energy transition in Indonesia, PLN is aware that PLN will not be able to carry out climate change mitigation efforts alone,” PLN Chief Executive Darmawan Prasodjo said.
Most of Indonesia’s current power capacity is sourced from coal and PLN has pledged to shift to cleaner energy. It plans to build an additional 31.6 gigawatts of renewable power capacity between 2024 and 2033.
(Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
