Will Indonesia & Singapore develop a floating solar farm in Batam?

Indonesia and Singapore will begin the joint development of a floating solar farm in Batam next year with a goal of generating around 2 GW of electricity that will be transported to Singapore via undersea cables.

Will Batam solar farm be sourced locally?

“The Batam solar farm is expected to have 40% local content with parts and equipment sourced locally,” said Rachmat. For the project, an Indonesian consortium comprising Adaro Energy, TBS Energi Utama and Medco Energi will work with a Singapore consortium that includes Keppel Corporation, he said.

Will Batam be Indonesia's first commercial photovoltaic plant?

Should the timeline proceed on schedule, Batam will be the first location in Indonesia to have a major commercial photovoltaic (PV) plant operating on a large scale. Indonesia currently has only a handful of PV plants, each with less than 50 megawatts of capacity.

Is Singapore ready to absorb photovoltaic electricity on a large scale?

A PV plant with a capacity of about 150 MW in West Java is predicted to start operations only in October this year. “Singapore is more ready today to absorb photovoltaic electricity on a large scale,” Rachmat Kaimuddin, Deputy Minister in the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment who is tasked with supervising the project said.