Official from the Energy Ministry says Indonesia targets 5GW of wind energy by 2030.

Indonesia plans to increase its wind power capacity from the current 0.5 gigawatts to 5 gigawatts by 2030, according a Friday statement made by an official of the energy ministry. This is a 10-fold improvement over their previous plan.

This is also 30 times the current installed wind power capacity in Indonesia, which is only 152.3 megawatts.

The Indonesian state-owned utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara has been revising its decade-long plan for power supply, known as RUPTL, in order to meet the more ambitious targets of the government on renewable energy.

Eniya Listeiani Dewi, senior official at the energy ministry, stated that under a proposed new RUPTL, which covers a decade starting in 2025, Indonesia would build 5 gigawatts of wind power by 2030.

The current RUPTL 2021-2030 targets 597 megawatts of wind energy.

Indonesia has installed only 152.3 Megawatts of wind energy capacity.

The statement didn't say when the RUPTL document would be released. PLN had previously stated that it was awaiting the approval of government ministries. The new plan calls for a total 30 gigawatts of renewable energy in the next decade.

Analysts say the document is crucial to mobilizing the $20 billion pledged funding by G7 countries and multilateral banks, as well as private lenders under Just Energy Transition Partnership.

(source: Reuters)