Indonesia to export clean energy to Singapore


A 600-kilowatt-peak (kWp) solar power plant on Gili Trawangan Island in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. PHOTO from LPN via Vietnam News/ANN

JAKARTA, April 24 (Vietnam News/ANN): Singapore’s renewable energy developer Quantum Power Asia Pte has agreed to advance a US$5 billion plan in Indonesia to export solar power to Singapore, which attempts to accelerate its use of renewables.

Quantum and its Berlin-based partner Ib Vogt GmbH said in a statement on April 19 that they aim to construct a 3.5 gigawatt solar power facility and 12 gigawatt-hour battery storage facility on an area of 4,000 hectares in Indonesia’s Riau Islands.

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