Hurdles threaten 100GW local solar ambition


A worker checks on a solar panel at the Mecan Island Solar Power Plant in Riau Islands on Dec. 12, 2023. (Antara/Teguh Prihatna

JAKARTA: The government’s plan to deploy 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power by leveraging the nationwide Red and White Cooperatives (KMP) programme may face challenges due to the operators’ limited technical and financial capacity, analysts have warned.

While officials hail the scheme as a masterstroke in the grassroots energy transition, experts point to a yawning gap between ambition and reality.

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