Indonesia: By 2028, the installed capacity of rooftop PV will reach 5.7GW

        Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) has set a quota for Indonesian state power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to install more than 5.7GW of rooftop photovoltaic systems by 2028.
This quota is allocated according to the capacity of Indonesia's power system. Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) has set a quota of 5746MW for the installation of rooftop PV systems between 2024 and 2028:901MW in 2024, 1004MW in 2025, 1065MW in 2026, 1183MW in 2027, and 1593MW in 2028.

       The Indonesian government scrapped the net metering policy in February. IESR expects that in the absence of a net metering policy, the adoption of rooftop PV systems will become more common among commercial and industrial users. "Interest in using rooftop PV systems is high among industrial customers to reduce energy costs and ensure sustainable manufacturing processes, so the removal of net metering will not have much of an impact on their interest," said Marlistya Citraningrum, project manager for Sustainable Energy Access at IESR.
Citraningrum added that when oversubscription occurs in a cluster of rooftop PV systems, this needs to be clearly explained. "Residential users' interest in rooftop PV systems may decrease due to changes in the economic level, but at the same time, demand for electricity may also increase with the spread of information and the desire to save money on electricity bills," she said.
Last month, IESR called for the implementation of power rotation in Indonesia, arguing that the move would facilitate the formation of a renewable energy market and provide a positive boost to industrial investment.