SEI – Solarens Ledindo Strategic Cooperation

PT Surya Energi Indotama (SEI), one of the companies incorporated in Len Incorporated signed a Joint Product Development and Marketing Agreement for Integrated PV – Lithium Street Light with PT Solarens Ledindo.

The signing was carried out by Bambang Iswanto as President Director of PT Surya Energi Indotama and Irvin E. Busser as President Director of PT Solarens Ledindo on Monday, May 8, 2017 in Bandung. The collaboration is expected to increase sales of Len’s Solar Modules, with the support of Solarens LED which is also very experienced in the Solar Street Lighting (PJU) business.

As is known, EPC and sales of Len’s Solar Modules are the main business of PT Surya Energi Indotama, while the main business of PT Solarens Ledindo is manufacturing LED lamps. In the long term, the collaboration will be directed to develop the Public Street Lighting business with an investment pattern with the leading product Smart Street lighting System. (**)

SEI Implements East Sumba PLTS with Land Efficiency

PT Surya Energi Indotama (SEI), a subsidiary of PT Len Industri, has completed a PLTS (Electric Power Plant) development project with a total of 492kWp in East Sumba. The PLTS will electrify 909 homes in remote areas along a 48 km route using poles that can generate electricity using solar panels installed on them. With this design, a large area of ​​land is no longer needed as with conventional PLTS.

There are 11 systems built in five villages, namely Tawui, Lailunggi, Praimadita, Tandula Jangga, and Praiwitu. This assistance program is important because in remote areas that are not reached by PLN, the use of PLTS will overcome the problem of electricity availability at a relatively affordable cost for rural communities compared to using fuel.

The construction of the system by PT Surya Energi Indotama was carried out from September 2017 to March 2018. During that period, construction was carried out from the beginning until the PLTS was functioning and could distribute electricity to the homes of local residents.

On April 11, 2018, the inauguration was held in Tawui Village, opened by Jonathan Nash, Deputy Vice President of Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Also present were Finance Director Len and President Commissioner of PT SEI, Priadi Ekatama Sahari, President Director of PT SEI, Bambang Iswanto, and Technical and Operational Director of PT SEI, Tri Bakti. Speeches were also delivered by the Deputy Regent of East Sumba, Umbu Lili Pekuwali, and the Head of the NTT Provincial ESDM Office, Boni Marasin.

In the implementation of this PLTS, ownership and community participation in managing it are very important. Therefore, during the construction period, the community through BUMDes has been involved in the construction and installation, and has been given training for the operation and maintenance of this PLTS later. In addition, the community also becomes the majority shareholder (51%) of the facility.

PT Surya Energi Indotama involves the local community at every stage which is expected to be the most appropriate long-term management. During the project, training and mentoring in management and entrepreneurship were also provided to more than 250 women and men in the villages involved. The training was intended to improve the economic level of the community so that they could pay for electricity usage and the funds could be managed as operational costs for long-term maintenance of the PLTS.

EBT Electricity Prices, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Reviews Regulation 19/2016

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is again reviewing the ministerial regulation that includes the selling price formula for electricity from solar-based power plants.

Director of Various Energy at the Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) of the Ministry of ESDM Maritje Hutapea said that her party is currently focusing on reviewing ESDM Regulation No. 19 of 2016 concerning the Purchase of Electricity from Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants by PLN. This review is in accordance with the direction of ESDM Minister Ignasius Jonan.

Previously, Jonan said that his party would formulate a more competitive price for PLTS electricity. "In accordance with the direction of the Minister, we will review it again as soon as possible," said Maritje at the Renewable Energy for Indonesia (RE4I) 2016 Conference in Jakarta, Wednesday (December 7, 2016).

According to Maritje, in order to get a more competitive and cheaper PLTS electricity price, several things must be considered. These include ease of land acquisition, economical capacity, fiscal incentives in the form of tax reductions and loan interest relief, and non-fiscal incentives in the form of ease of licensing.

In Regulation No. 19/2016, the government changed the PLTS development scheme to be developed by private power producers (Independent Power Producers/IPP) with a first in first out (FIFO) mechanism.

For the initial stage, PLTS with a total capacity of 250 MW will be offered with locations spread throughout Indonesia. In the regulation, the rates offered vary depending on the location of the PLTS. He stated that the cheapest rate is US$14.5 cents for PLTS located on Java Island. Meanwhile, the rate is US$25 cents for Eastern Indonesia.

With the high rates offered, the government will conduct a strict selection for developers who want to participate. All participants must submit accurate data and have financial and technical capabilities. His party also provides an opportunity for interested parties to conduct feasibility studies at predetermined locations.

On the other hand, Jonan said that the tariff offered should be competitive with fossil energy. He gave an example like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) whose development of renewable energy can exceed the utilization of fossil energy because its government policy can make renewable energy compete with coal, gas and oil. Meanwhile, in the UAE the price of electricity from PLTS is set at US$2.9 cents/kWh. "If Indonesia were in the position of western Europe which has 20 years to exploit its gas, then the renewable energy policy would be different, but here it is not like that," said Jonan.

Source: bisnis.tempo.com

Sun as an Environmentally Friendly Energy of the Future

The use of solar energy as an alternative energy source to overcome the energy crisis, especially oil, which has occurred since the 1970s has received considerable attention from many countries in the world. In addition to its unlimited amount, its use also does not cause pollution that can damage the environment. Light or sunlight can be converted into electricity using solar cell or photovoltaic technology.

The potential for solar energy in Indonesia is very large, which is around 4.8 KWh/m2 or equivalent to 112,000 GWp, but only around 10 MWp has been utilized. Currently, the government has issued a roadmap for the use of solar energy which targets the installed PLTS capacity until 2025 to be 0.87 GW or around 50 MWp/year. This number is a picture of the fairly large market potential in the development of solar energy in the future.

Currently, the development of PLTS in Indonesia has a fairly strong basis in terms of policy. However, at the implementation stage, the existing potential has not been optimally utilized.

Technologically, the photovoltaic (PV) industry in Indonesia is only able to carry out the downstream stage, namely producing solar modules and integrating them into PLTS, while the solar cells are still imported. In fact, solar cells are the main and most expensive components in the PLTS system. The still high price is an important issue in the development of the solar cell industry. Various solar cell manufacturing technologies continue to be researched and developed in order to reduce the production price of solar cells so that they can compete with other energy sources.

Considering that the electrification ratio in Indonesia has only reached 55-60% and almost all areas that have not been electrified are rural areas far from power plants, PLTS which can be built in almost all locations is a very appropriate alternative to be developed.

In the period 2005-2025, the government has planned to provide 1 million Solar Home Systems with a capacity of 50 Wp for low-income communities and 346.5 MWp of hybrid PLTS for remote areas. By 2025, the government plans that there will be around 0.87 GW of installed PLTS capacity.

Assuming market control of up to 50%, the solar energy market in Indonesia is large enough to absorb the output of a solar cell factory with a capacity of up to 25 MWp per year. This is certainly a great opportunity for local industries to develop their business into solar cell manufacturing.

(source: http://www.litbang.esdm.go.id)

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The use of solar energy as an alternative energy source to overcome the energy crisis, especially oil, which has occurred since the 1970s has received considerable attention from many countries in the world. In addition to its unlimited amount, its use also does not cause pollution that can damage the environment. Light or sunlight can be converted into electricity using solar cell or photovoltaic technology.

The potential for solar energy in Indonesia is very large, which is around 4.8 KWh/m2 or equivalent to 112,000 GWp, but only around 10 MWp has been utilized. Currently, the government has issued a roadmap for the use of solar energy which targets the installed capacity of PLTS until 2025 to be 0.87 GW or around 50 MWp/year. This number is a picture of the large market potential in the development of solar energy in the future.

Currently, the development of PLTS in Indonesia has a fairly strong basis in terms of policy. However, at the implementation stage, the existing potential has not been utilized optimally.

Technologically, the photovoltaic (PV) industry in Indonesia is only capable of downstreaming, namely producing solar modules and integrating them into PLTS, while the solar cells are still imported. In fact, solar cells are the main and most expensive component in the PLTS system. The still high price is an important issue in the development of the solar cell industry. Various solar cell manufacturing technologies continue to be researched and developed in order to reduce the production price of solar cells so that they can compete with other energy sources.

Considering that the electrification ratio in Indonesia has only reached 55-60% and almost all areas that have not been electrified are rural areas far from power plants, PLTS which can be built in almost all locations is a very appropriate alternative to be developed.

In the period 2005-2025, the government has planned to provide 1 million Solar Home Systems with a capacity of 50 Wp for low-income communities and 346.5 MWp hybrid PLTS for remote areas. By 2025, the government plans that there will be around 0.87 GW of installed PLTS capacity.

Assuming market share of up to 50%, the solar energy market in Indonesia is large enough to absorb the output of a solar cell factory with a capacity of up to 25 MWp per year. This is certainly a great opportunity for local industries to expand their business into solar cell manufacturing.

(source: http://www.litbang.esdm.go.id)

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