REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Investors from the United Kingdom (UK) were interested to invest in power sector by building a solar power plant with a capacity of 200 MW worth of 250 million US dollars. The interest was conveyed through a meeting of marketing activities of the investment held by the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) in the UK last week.

"The interest is quite serious, because the investors have already visited Indonesia and held meetings with relevant ministries and institutions to explore the investment plan," said Head of BKPM, Franky Sibarani, Monday (14/9).

He said his representative office in London had facilitated the investors to meet with PT PLN (Persero), Ministry of Energy, and private sector in Indonesia which were potentially become partners. The meeting was to discuss investment opportunities of solar power plant for for application on the ground (ground-mounted solar PV) or on the roof (rooftop solar PV).

"They now are determining the potential areas to build solar power plant such as North Sulawesi, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and East Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara," he explained.

Previously, the investment in marketing activities in Milan, Italy (7/9), BKPM also identified interest of the largest power generation company in Italy, to build two power plants in Indonesia. The power plants were steam power plants in Riau with capacity of 250 MW worth of 280 million US dollars, and geothermal power plant with a capacity of 50-55 MW worth of 100 million US dollars.

BKPM recorded, along the first half of 2015 there were 226 electricity projects that were currently under construction with an investment of Rp 18.4 trillion. Of the total investment value of the electricity sector, 10 percent of it, was realized in 14 renewable energy projects, namely hydroelectricity, micro hydro, geothermal, and biomass.

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