Prabowo Officially Launches Construction of 100 GW Solar Power Project
President Prabowo Subianto has officially launched the construction of a solar power plant project with a total capacity of 100 Gigawatt peak (GWp) on Tuesday (25/8/2026) in Jembrana Regency, Bali. The President was accompanied by a number of ministers and state-owned enterprise leaders, including Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi, Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya, National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, CEO of BPI Danantara Rosan Roeslani, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Djamari Chaniago, CTO of BPI Danantara Sigit Puji Santosa, Deputy Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Tandio Budi Revita, Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Angga Raka, President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo, and President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) Simon Aloysius Mantiri.
President Prabowo Subianto stressed that the giant-scale solar power project is expected to be the main solution to stop all imports of crude oil and LPG that have been burdening the country’s foreign exchange reserves. “Yes, I do not want to talk much, but the point is with 100 Gigawatts we will truly become a nation standing on our own feet. We will not be afraid of any developments in any part of the world, and with 100 Gigawatts, with the geothermal we have, with the gas fields we have discovered, with oil lifting that must continue to rise, we must no longer import a single barrel of oil. We must no longer import, God willing, in the shortest possible time, even a single LPG cylinder,” Prabowo said at the inauguration of the 100 GWp Solar Power Programme in Bali.
Prabowo said the 100 GWp development target must be completed in a short time to reduce dependence on imported fuel oil used for power generation. He challenged Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia to accelerate the project’s realisation ahead of the original plan. Prabowo is targeting the 100 GWp solar programme to be realised in under three years. “Thank you to all elements, today is an important day, our launch, and I believe perhaps in less than three years we will reach 100 Gigawatts. Is that right?” he said. “Previously, for food self-sufficiency I gave a four-year target, the economic team, the agriculture team, the food team achieved it in one year. That means if I give a three-year target to the energy team, no, make it two years,” he asserted. “If they succeed in two years, the energy team gets another star, I will give them an honour,” he added.
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said Indonesia is blessed with year-round sunshine and has the potential to be converted into electricity through solar power plants. The government has a programme to build solar power plants with a total capacity of 100 GWp across Indonesia. Bahlil reported the project’s implementation readiness directly to Prabowo in Bali. He explained that the megaproject will be carried out massively with target distribution over the next three years. “Today we are taking a big step to realise what the President has always directed us to do, namely national energy self-sufficiency and sovereignty. Indonesia is a country blessed by God with extraordinary resources,” he said in his report at the inauguration of the 100 GWp solar programme before President Prabowo.
As an initial stage, the government conducted a groundbreaking for 5.3 GW of capacity, with Bali receiving a 1,000 Megawatt (1 GW) allocation equipped with a battery system. The development in Bali utilises state land to accelerate execution so that a shift from diesel power plants can occur immediately. “And for today, we are breaking ground on 5.3 Gigawatts, and for Bali it is 1,000 Megawatts plus batteries,” he added. The electricity generated from the solar plants will be in the range of 5 to 6 US cents per kWh, excluding battery costs. “Specifically for Bali, by using 1,000 Megawatts, it can achieve efficiency of 0.6 million kilolitres of diesel fuel carried out by PLN. All this time Bali has still been using diesel power plants,” he explained.
According to Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources records, the megaproject requires a total investment of US$ 73 billion, equivalent to more than Rp 1,140 trillion. The government projects that the operation of the 100 GW solar plants will provide energy subsidy budget efficiency of up to Rp 73.9 trillion per year and absorb around 5.52 million workers. The government will prioritise cooperation schemes with the private sector or Independent Power Producers through a tender process. Furthermore, the government is ready to take over the project through the Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Management Agency (BPI Danantara) if the prices offered by developers are not competitive for the national interest.