Daily before the commemoration of the Hero’s Day, historical moments have created in Indonesia. Southeast Asia’s largest floating PLTS in Cirata’s reservoir began operating and inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on November 9, 2023.
The world’s third largest Cirata floating PLTS is a national strategic project that supplies clean energy for the Java, Bali and Madura region’s electricity system.
PLTS located in three districts in West Java, Purwakarta, Cianjur, and Bandung is a global collaboration form of PT PLN through the subholding PLN Nusantara Power and the United Arab Emirates, Masdar. The PLTS consists of 13 islands with more than 340 thousand solar panels and has 192 megawatt peaks (MWp) with a 200 hectares wide.
Employee activities in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
The country and Indonesian flags as well as the United Arab Emirates installed in the Cirata floating PLTS plant in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
This PLTS is able to supply electricity to 50 thousand houses with assumptions per home of 15 kwh/day. In addition, this PLTS will also contribute to reducing carbon emissions by 586,3 tons per day.
"Today is a historic day because our big dream builds of EBT generations in a large scale can eventually be carried out," said President Joko Widodo on his dream event. Furthermore President Jokowi stated that this PLTS can be maximized again until it can add more 1,000 megawatt peaks.
Meanwhile, President Director of PT PLN Darmawan Prasodjo declared Cirata Floating PLTS to become a global cooperation display in order to realize emission reduction in the acceleration of energy transition to Net Zero Emissions (NZE) in 2060.
President Joko Widodo (center) accompanied by Minister of State Affairs of Foreign Trade United Arab Emirates, Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi (right), Recruited PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo (left), Pj Governor of West Java Bey Machmudin (right second) and Pj Bupati Purwakarta Benni Irwan (second left) inaugurated Solar Power Plant (PLTS) Floating Cirata in Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
The work of monitoring on the island of PLTS solar panel Floating Cirata in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
With a massive capacity, Cirata’s Floating PLTS will certainly help people to get more green electricity supply. In addition, this clean energy project becomes a breakthrough for new economic boosters in logistics sectors, tourism, manufacturing even agricultural sectors.
Photo and Text: Raisan Al Farisi
Photo air of Cirata Floating PLTS solar panels in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
Photo air of Cirata Floating PLTS solar panels in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
The work of monitoring on the island of PLTS solar panel Floating Cirata in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
Photo air of Cirata Floating PLTS solar panels in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
Operator conducts monitoring in Cirata Floating PLTS control room in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
The company of Cirata Floating PLTS plant in Cirata reservoir, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
The atmosphere of urban light and Al Jabbar Mosque looks from the Akasia Hill, Tanjungsari, Sumedang Regency, West Java.
Editor: Danika Wahyu
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