Indonesia’s planned exports of clean electricity to Singapore will not begin this year because the required transmission infrastructure is still under development, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said.
Airlangga said construction of transmission facilities needed to support power exports would take around one to one-and-a-half years.
“No, it cannot be done this year. Building electricity transmission facilities will take at least one to one-and-a-half years to implement,” he said.
Airlangga said the government is still evaluating technical aspects of the project together with Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.
He expressed hope that implementation of the memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed last year, could be finalized during an upcoming leaders’ meeting.
Under the agreement, Indonesia is expected to export up to 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of low-carbon electricity to Singapore through 2035.
