Indonesia's Renewable Energy Potential Reaches 3,700 Gigawatts, Yet Less Than 1 Per Cent Installed
JAKARTA — Minister of Investment and Downstreaming, who also serves as Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Rosan P Roeslani, has highlighted Indonesia's enormous renewable energy potential. The country's total potential reaches 3,700 gigawatts, yet installed capacity stands at only around 15 gigawatts — meaning less than 1 per cent of national potential is currently active.
"Indonesia's renewable energy potential actually reaches nearly 3,700 gigawatts. However, current installed capacity is only around 15 gigawatts. So it is actually less than 1 per cent," Rosan said at the 2025 International Infrastructure Conference at the Jakarta Convention Centre, Senayan, Jakarta, on Thursday (12 June 2025).
Rosan explained that renewable energy potential is spread across various sources, ranging from solar power, hydropower, biomass and bioenergy to geothermal energy. He highlighted geothermal as a particularly attractive investment sector, noting that Indonesia holds large geothermal reserves, particularly on the islands of Java and Sumatra.
To optimise this potential, Rosan stressed the importance of accelerating investment in the renewable energy sector, including regulatory reform and bureaucratic simplification.
"We continue to pursue reform. Our government continues to carry out reform in terms of policy, regulation, and also in cutting bureaucracy. We are currently also establishing a deregulation task force to ensure we can achieve a better investment climate and a better industrial climate," he said.
"So that your investment in Indonesia can be accelerated. Because if not, potential will remain just potential, and the challenge of activating it will, in my view, take a very long time. So once again, we want to accelerate this," Rosan added.
"Indonesia's renewable energy potential actually reaches nearly 3,700 gigawatts. However, current installed capacity is only around 15 gigawatts. So it is actually less than 1 per cent," Rosan said at the 2025 International Infrastructure Conference at the Jakarta Convention Centre, Senayan, Jakarta, on Thursday (12 June 2025).
Rosan explained that renewable energy potential is spread across various sources, ranging from solar power, hydropower, biomass and bioenergy to geothermal energy. He highlighted geothermal as a particularly attractive investment sector, noting that Indonesia holds large geothermal reserves, particularly on the islands of Java and Sumatra.
To optimise this potential, Rosan stressed the importance of accelerating investment in the renewable energy sector, including regulatory reform and bureaucratic simplification.
"We continue to pursue reform. Our government continues to carry out reform in terms of policy, regulation, and also in cutting bureaucracy. We are currently also establishing a deregulation task force to ensure we can achieve a better investment climate and a better industrial climate," he said.
"So that your investment in Indonesia can be accelerated. Because if not, potential will remain just potential, and the challenge of activating it will, in my view, take a very long time. So once again, we want to accelerate this," Rosan added.