John Hansen, Director of Environment Office - USAID Indonesia and Ibu Nicke Widyawati, PLN Director for Corporate Planning signed the MoU, November 25th 2015
USAID Renewed a Memorandum of Understanding with PLN (National Electricity
Company) for Clean Energy Collaboration
As a primary company in
electricity transmission
and distribution throughout
Indonesia, PLN plays a
crucial role in clean energy
development.
Program (ICED II) is
helping Indonesia meet
its energy security and
climate change goals.
Jakarta, November 25th, 2015 – USAID Indonesia Environment
Director, John Hansen and Director of Planning of the Utility State Owned Company PT PLN (Persero), Ibu Nicke Widyawati signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reinforce collaboration and continually improve the utilization of new and renewable energy sources. It marks the continuation of collaboration between ICED Project and PLN on the
development of Renewable Energy (RE) for electricity sector. During the 1st phase of ICED project, which took place between
2012 to 2014, several activities has been deployed, among others are the development of the 20 kV distributed generation interconnection guideline, Geographic Information System for RE planning in North Sumatera, Riau and Aceh provinces, and facilitating the Hawaii Electric Company and PLN Utility
Partnership Exchange program. Now that the 2nd phase is
effective for the period of May 2015 to 2020, the deployment of ICED project technical assistance under the renewed MoU is aiming at several aspects: 1) accelerate the process of RE project PPA; 2) Update, improve, develop technical standard and practical guideline for renewable energy interconnection and distribution; and 3) enhance institutional and human resources capacity on RE technology and power generation system.
The contribution of renewable energy has just reached 11% out of the total number of plants in Indonesia. The National Energy Planning issued in 2014 sets 23 % renewables in the energy mix by 2025, and the GOI has recently committed to expand 35 GW additional power generation capacity from 2015 – 2019. Within this target, PLN is tasked to optimize the development and utilization of renewable energy sources. Working together with PLN as the main institution for providing electricity access throughout Indonesia will be very crucial to help increase
people’s access to clean energy. Moreover, by strengthening
the capacity of PLN’s human resources to fulfill their roles may
