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Will Indonesia build a battery energy storage system?

by Bambang Purwanto JAKARTA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PT PLN and its subsidiaries have collaborated with the Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC) to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 5 Megawatts (MW) this year.

Will PLN build a battery in Indonesia?

The country’s state-owned utility PLN has signed a memorandum of understanding with another state-owned body, the Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC), to build the BESS this year, PLN said.

What is a battery energy storage system?

The new energy storage system is a device that enables energy from renewables to be stored and then released based on the needs of the customer. The Battery Energy Storage System is a pilot project and is a concrete example of the government’s attempt to shift away from diesel-generated power and transition to cleaner energy.

Does Indonesia have a grid-connected energy storage system?

There, the global system integrator Fluence recently turned on a 20MW/20MWh grid-connected BESS as part of a 1,000MW portfolio in development and construction for power company SMC Global Power. Indonesia’s current pipeline of energy storage projects is mostly pumped hydro, totalling 4,063MW according to IHS Markit.

Does Indonesia need solar & wind energy storage?

Although, there is no policy mandating the installation of energy storage in solar or wind projects in Indonesia, the abundance of solar and wind resources in Indonesia’s archipelago and increased potential demand across industries indicate that BESS demand is poised to grow substantially in the near future.

Is rooftop solar PV a good option for Indonesia's generation expansion plan?

IESR et al. (2021) applied the LUT Energy System Transition Model to analyze seven main electricity systems in eight regions; it was the only study to consider rooftop solar PV in Indonesia’s optimal generation expansion plan. The official bottom-up energy models for the generation expansion plan in Indonesia are WASP and Balmorel.