PROJECT OBJECTIVE
Phase 2 of the project will construct, operate and maintain a 21 MW solar power plant in Likupang (North Sulawesi) and three 7 MW solar power plants, in Pringgabaya, Selong, and Sengkol (Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara).
The Government of Indonesia has set ambitious targets to increase the share of energy supplied from renewable energy from 12% in 2013 to 23% in 2025. Therefore, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral plans to increase the capacity of grid power generation through new and renewable energy to 45 GW by 2025. The Project contributes to the acceleration and expansion of private sector investments in clean energy infrastructure in Indonesia.
The Project supports a leading private sector player (Equis Group) in its contributions towards this goal. The concessional financing from the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia II (CFPS II) was needed to assist with implementation of the first utility scale solar power projects in Indonesia and to help the project sponsors to address its first mover costs and disadvantages as well as overcome various technical and regulatory challenges.