Prabowo Orders Construction of 100 GW Solar Power Plants to Accelerate Energy Transition

JAKARTA — President Prabowo Subianto has called for the acceleration of solar power plant (PLTS) construction with a capacity of up to 100 gigawatts to drive the country’s electrification programme and renewable energy development.

Prabowo made this statement whilst delivering an address at the first anniversary celebration of Danantara Indonesia at Wisma Danantara in Jakarta on Wednesday (11 March 2026).

He stated that the construction of large-scale PLTS is already a government decision and must be realised in the shortest possible time.

“Within the shortest possible time, we will build 100 gigawatts. That is already my order, that is already my decision,” he said.

“We will prove to the world that we are faster and more effective in this regard,” he asserted.

On this occasion, Prabowo also noted that the global situation, filled with uncertainty and various crises, can actually present an opportunity for Indonesia to accelerate self-sufficiency across various sectors, including food and energy.

“Crisis always produces opportunity. Crisis is a test. Crisis is a stepping stone. The strong will survive, the weak will continue to suffer,” he said.

Prabowo expressed optimism that Indonesia can emerge from the current challenging global situation because it possesses abundant natural resource wealth.

The government has designed various programmes to achieve food and energy self-sufficiency in the coming years.

According to him, some food self-sufficiency targets have already begun to be achieved, whilst energy independence is targeted to be realised within the next four years.

“We already have the intention of energy self-sufficiency which we are confident will be achieved in four years. But this is forcing us to accelerate. We must speed up. We have many alternatives. We are confident that we can overcome this problem,” he said.

According to him, Indonesia has great potential in energy sources and alternative fuels, ranging from palm oil, cassava, and maize to sugarcane, which can be processed into fuel.

Additionally, Indonesia also possesses significant geothermal energy potential.

“We also have geothermal energy that is very large; if I am not mistaken, the second-largest reserves in the world that have not been fully exploited,” he said.