Indonesia Solar Cell Industry Has Not Developed

Still not deemed profitable market presence makes the industry that produces solar cells in Indonesia is not formed, said Director of Renewable Energy Assorted Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources ( ESDM ) Alihudin Sitompul.

"The chain industry is growing strongly influenced the market. Whenever they process the raw material into finished goods is very dependent on the market, " said Alihudin Sitompul on Friday.

Ministry of Energy, he said began to encourage manufacturers to produce their own solar panel solar cells. One of them with the Regulation of the Minister (Candy) Energy and Mineral Resources No. 17 of 2013 on Power Purchase by PT PLN of PLTS Photovoltaics.

Purchasing power in the 17 Candy uses the highest benchmark price of 25 cents per kWh dollars. But if Solar Power Plant (PLTS) using country-level components in at least 40 percent were given incentives and set the highest benchmark price reached 30 cents U.S. dollars per kWh.

"Because of this we are also in the interests of which the government must reduce carbon emissions by 26 percent in 2020. PLTS be one way to use renewable energy," he said.

If the market has been open, according to him, he will continue to push for a solar panel manufacturer entered into solar cell production levels are now still they import.

President Director of PT Jembo Energindo Henky Nugroho said by producing solar cells will actually save the production cost of solar panels by up to 20 percent.

Nevertheless, the market is still quiet the solar cells or solar panels in the homeland manufacturing in the country certainly has not been promising.

"In Indonesia, the consumption of electricity from new solar megawatts count, lost to Thailand already giga watts. Another problem yes about incentives that make solar cell products or solar panels can not compete with foreign products," he said.