New energy rule in Indonesia a bane for rooftop solar systems

Energy headache: Vehicles on roads in downtown Jakarta. Indonesia has vast solar energy potential but it might take ages to develop, according to experts. — AFP

JAKARTA: A newly revised ministerial regulation makes installing rooftop solar panels at residential homes even less attractive for local users than it was before, while it saddles future adopters of the clean energy technology with complicated bureaucratic procedures.

“My electricity bill could be cut 70% by installing on-grid solar (system),” Anak Agung Bagus Putra Utama, a user in Bali, told The Jakarta Post.