Prabowo orders nationwide rollout of 1-MW village solar plants
Thursday, November 27 2025 - 04:57 PM WIB
President Prabowo Subianto has instructed his cabinet to roll out one-megawatt (MW) solar power plants in every village, a program officials say will underpin Indonesia’s energy transition and supply electricity for newly established Red and White Village Cooperatives.
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said the directive was issued during a briefing on the national clean-energy agenda, which places village-scale solar facilities at its core.
“We discussed this initiative in detail. It is our duty to carry out the president’s instruction to ensure each village can generate one megawatt of power,” Bahlil said.
After meeting Prabowo at the Presidential Palace late on Wednesday (Nov. 26), the minister said technical preparations for the program were nearly complete, with implementation and financing schemes now being finalized.
“Our talks have reached the final stage, and we are currently discussing the financing aspect,” he said, adding that the government aims to launch construction swiftly to bolster the country’s energy-transition drive.
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Bahlil earlier outlined the plan at the International Battery Summit 2025 in Jakarta last August, saying the government intends to build solar plants with a combined capacity of 100 gigawatts to deliver green electricity to villages and remote areas, strengthen energy security and speed up Indonesia’s shift to renewables.
He said the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has begun preparing a grand design for the program to ensure it supports the operations of village cooperatives, including outlets, tools and productive equipment across the country.
The minister also highlighted the project’s potential to spur investment and open new business lines in the domestic battery industry.
“Solar plants tend to operate actively for around four hours during the day, with excess energy stored in batteries for use at night,” he said, stressing the opportunity for battery-based industries to expand as the village-solar program moves ahead.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak