Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia is targeting to augment electricity capacity by 69.5 gigawatts (GW) through power plants, as per the Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) for 2025–2034.

The addition of power plants is aimed at supporting the transformation of the energy mix, he said here on Monday.

As per the ministry's target, 76 percent of the total power plant capacity would come from new and renewable energy.

"Around 42.6GW comes from new and renewable energy; meanwhile, around 10.3GW is storage,” Lahadalia informed.

Thus, 61 percent of the additional power plants will be based on new and renewable energy; 15 percent will focus on energy storage; and 24 percent of the additional power plants, which will have a capacity of 16.6GW, will derive power from fossil fuels, such as gas and coal.

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The planned new and renewable power plants will include solar (17.1GW), hydroelectric (11.7GW), wind (7.2GW), geothermal (5.2GW), bioenergy (0.9GW), and nuclear (0.5GW) plants.

According to Lahadalia, the plan to add power plants will later be divided into two stages of five years each.

"The first five years total 27.9GW (of capacity will be added), and the second five years 41.6GW," he said.

The planned addition of power plants stipulated in the business plan is based on the economic growth target of 8 percent, he added.

Earlier, Lahadalia said that the government is trying to find a middle ground between reducing carbon emissions and tapping Indonesia's potential.

The government is trying to optimize the potential of Indonesia's natural resources, including new and renewable energy, he added.

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