What it is
Indonesia’s electricity system is spread across thousands of islands, and much of it is served by small, isolated grids. Distributed generation, mainly solar with storage, can lower the cost and raise the reliability of supply in those places.
The initiative looks at how decentralized renewables can improve the performance of the electricity system: where distributed solar makes economic sense, how it connects to the grid, and what changes in regulation and tariffs would let it be financed at scale.
It includes the work on Achieving the 200 GW Solar Ambition and on a locally-managed renewable utility, a model in which a local entity owns and runs generation and distribution for its area.
Why it matters
Distributed generation is where solar can scale fastest and where it replaces the most expensive power.
It brings power closer to the people and industries that use it, reduces losses and dependence on long transmission lines, and creates local ownership of the energy transition. The Indonesian Solar Radiation Map shows the solar resource available across the archipelago.
Reform of Indonesia’s power market, where reliability, affordability, equity and decarbonization collide.
Replacing diesel generation with renewables, with a business plan and policy design.
Solar resource across the archipelago, for siting distributed and off-grid generation.
Where the energy work is done, with the full list of active, incubating and completed projects.
The advisory practice this initiative sits within, with its programs, projects and team.