Coal-dependent Indonesia starts tapping huge solar power potential

A technician sits on the roof of a building that is installed with solar panels, at the Jakarta Cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 26, 2021. Picture taken November 26, 2021. - Reuters

JAKARTA, Jan 7 (Reuters): Aji Tri Atmojo lives in a traditional Javanese house with wooden walls on the outskirts of Jakarta, but his rustic home got a modern touch after he installed a row of solar panels on his roof.

Since putting them up in 2020 at a cost of 10 million rupiah (RM2,954), he has halved his monthly electricity bill and within five years the investment should break even.