Kunjungi PT Len, Pemerintah Zimbabwe Kembali Jajaki Kerja Sama di Bidang Energi Tenaga Surya

Bandung, (20/05/22) Zimbabwe's Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Protection, Constantino Chiwenga, visited PT Len Industri (Persero) on Friday (20/05). Accompanied by Zimbabwe's Minister of Land, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water & Settlement Hon. J. Masuka, Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Indonesia Shofia Nyamudeza, Indonesian Ambassador to Zimbabwe HE Dewa Made Juniarta Sastrawan, and other delegates, the group intended to explore potential cooperation with PT Len's subsidiaries, namely PT LRS in the field of railway technology and PT SEI in the field of solar energy.

This visit is the second time that the Zimbabwean Government has explored cooperation, especially in the field of solar energy. Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Indonesia Shofia Nyamudeza visited PT Len in 2020 accompanied by the President Director of PT Surya Energi Indotama (PT SEI), Bambang Iswanto, in a discussion on the potential for cooperation in the construction of PLTS in Zimbabwe. In fact, in 2019, PT SEI had conducted a survey in Zimbabwe to explore the cooperation.

Director of Marketing & Business Development of PT SEI, I Made Sandika, in his presentation before the visiting delegation explained how PT SEI can provide products, services and Off Grid & On Grid PV System Solar Power Plants (PLTS), Hybrid PV System and others.

"Since 2019, PT SEI has initiated collaboration with Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA), Rural Electrification Fund (REF), and Ministry of Energy and Power Development (MoEPD)," Made added.

In addition to overcoming the energy crisis, the presence of PLTS is also being eyed by the Minister of Defense, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water & Settlement of Zimbabwe, Hon J. Masuka to create an integrated farming system with the procurement of solar-powered water pumps. This was explained by Dewa Made as the Indonesian Ambassador to Zimbabwe.

"They want to create an integrated farming system. After preparing tractors and agricultural tools, because the water conditions there are also quite difficult, they want to create a water pump that uses solar energy as its energy source."

PT SEI is always ready for all cooperation opportunities, both as an EPC and Developer. This is in accordance with the tagline and spirit of PT SEI this year, namely "Transformation To Be Future Developer". PT SEI is also able to expand its business portfolio abroad for the progress and existence of the company. At the end of the visit, the delegation of guests also directly reviewed the production facilities at PT Len Industri, starting from railway signaling system electronics to solar module fabrication which has a production capacity of 71 MWp/year. (**)

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