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Indonesia’s new solar regulations

Indonesia: The generation of renewable energies has become a core focus in Indonesia’s recent energy policies. In this light, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation 17 concerning the purchase of energy from solar photovoltaic power plants by the National Electric Company. The regulation became effective in June 2013 and appears of significant relevance for solar energy producers, including foreign investors.

Over the last few years, Indonesia’s legislative bodies have enacted various regulations regarding the diversification of energy utilization. An important milestone was the issuance of a presidential decree introducing in 2006 a National Energy Policy (known as Kebijakan Energi Nasional, or KEN) defining the envisaged and further debated increase of the renewable energy ratio in …

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