Local media reported on August 19 that Bahlil Lahadaria, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, announced that the government was about to launch a tender for the development of a 100GW photovoltaic power plant (PLTS). 30GW will be built in the first phase .

"The first phase of the 30GW development project will be launched this year.". We have completed negotiations with the top management of the Indonesian State Power Company (PLN) and are about to start the bidding process. Bahlil Lahadaria said at the 12th Indonesia International Geothermal Congress and Exhibition (IIGCE) 2026 in Jakarta. In August
2025, Indonesia announced the goal of deploying 100GW PV. The country plans to build 80 GW distributed and small-scale solar energy systems and deploy battery energy storage systems to cover 80000 villages across the country; In addition, 20GW centralized solar energy projects are planned to be built .
According to Bahlil Lahadaria's previous disclosure, there are about 11,000 villages without electricity in Indonesia, and the project has solved the problem of power supply for more than 1400 of them. Fabby Tumiwa, CEO of the
Indonesian Institute for Basic Services Reform (IESR), affirmed the substantial progress made in the 100GW photovoltaic project. At the same time, he also called on the government to integrate the plan into Indonesia's comprehensive and equitable energy system transformation framework, and to take the existing rural electrification project (Lisdes) as an important part of the overall plan.
"The government should integrate rural electrification projects into the 100GW photovoltaic plan in the light of local renewable energy conditions, which can not only help to achieve the target of photovoltaic installation scale, but also promote rural economic growth." Achieve energy transformation .
Earlier, IESR released a report on how Indonesia can achieve its 100GW photovoltaic target. The report estimates that the first phase of the project alone is expected to require $140-210 billion in investment ; the report calls on financial institutions, green financing mechanisms and the private sector to support the project.
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