Shortly after the issuance of a new regulation for the development of solar power projects in Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia is now introducing a new regulation on the purchase of electricity by PLN from biomass and biogas power projects (Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No. 21 of 2016 – Reg 21/2016). These are the key features of the new regulation: -

Biomass and biogas power projects are to be awarded on the basis of a direct appointment process; -

Feed-in tariffs (FITs) available both for conventional IPP projects and projects which involve the sale of excess electricity to PLN; -