Featured in Supersized Solar – 05-2015

Will Jokowi open up Indonesia?

Southeast Asia: Indonesias booming economy, abundant solar resource, and thirst for electricity make it a solar PV destination to watch. But despite Joko Widodos election to Indonesias presidency last year, and an overhaul of fuel subsidies this year, solar hopes remain cloudy. The country suffers from structural business and market deficiencies that will need huge political will to be reversed any time soon.

By

Ilias Tsagas

22 Apr 2015

Indonesia has all the ingredients for solar PV development. The country was an oil exporter in the past but since 2004 has became a net importer, with oil revenues dwindling. Reserves of fossil fuels are estimated to have only 20 years left based on today’s consumption levels. Natural gas and coal are more abundant, with …

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