Masdar, Indonesia inaugurate Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar plant

Masdar, Indonesia inaugurate Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar plant

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Masdar and PLN, Indonesia’s state-owned utility company, have launched the 145-megawatt Cirata floating solar plant in Indonesia.

Set to be the largest in Southeast Asia, Cirata is Masdar’s first floating PV project and renewable energy project in the Southeast Asian market.

Built on a 250-hectare plot of the Cirata Reservoir, in the West Java province, it will power 50,000 homes and offset 214,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

The inauguration was held in the presence of Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia.

Masdar and PLN NP recently signed an MOU to develop Phase II of Cirata with up to 500MW additional capacity, following a regulatory development from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Indonesia that has increased the portion of water that can be covered, for renewable energy uses, to a maximum of 20 percent.

Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, COP28 President-Designate and Masdar chairman, said: “The inauguration of this floating solar PV plant at Cirata is a testament to Masdar’s pioneering ethos, our innovative spirit and power of partnership. It is symbolic of the ambition of Joko Widodo President of Indonesia, his government, PLN Group, and Masdar, that our first project in