President Prabowo Subianto revealed of Indonesia’s plan to develop a local nuclear reactor during the Indonesia-Brazil Business Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday, November 18, 2024.
Currently, Indonesia has a lot of energy potential ranging from hydro, geothermal, and solar. Prabowo is optimistic about being able to develop nuclear energy in the future.
“We plan to design and produce our own nuclear reactor, so that we can also work with the Brazilian industry,” the Indonesian president told the business forum.
The plan was earlier stated by Hashim Djojohadikusumo, the President’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Energy at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. Hashim revealed Prabowo’s plan to intensively use new renewable energy to slow the increase in global temperatures through nuclear.
At least, by 2040, 5 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear power plants will be built. This is part of the plan to add 100 GW of new power plants over the next 15 years.
In addition, the government also plans to build 75 GW of renewable energy-based power plants, such as hydropower, solar, wind, gas and geothermal.
