OPIC and PT UPC Sidrap Bayu Energi Partner to expand Indonesia's capacity to generate clean energy
April 7, 2016
(OPIC)
Jakarta, Indonesia – Elizabeth L. Littlefield, President and CEO of the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. government’s development finance
institution, and Brian Caffyn, President Director of PT UPC Sidrap Bayu Energi,
today signed a Letter of Cooperation for the financing of Indonesia’s first wind
power project. In March 2016, the OPIC Board of Directors approved a proposal to
provide up to $120 million of financing for the development, construction,
commissioning and operation of a wind farm with a generating capacity of 75MW in
Sulawesi, Indonesia.
“PT UPC Sidrap Bayu Energi will be a transformative project that will provide
clean renewable energy to Indonesia,” said Elizabeth L. Littlefield, OPIC’s
President and CEO. “With the financing of this utility scale wind power deal, we
are helping Indonesia accelerate its renewable energy development while
improving the lives of local communities by providing reliable power.”
President Director of PT UPC Sidrap Bayu Energy Brian Caffyn said “The
pioneering Sidrap wind farm project will be Indonesia’s first utility scale wind
farm project. UPC is proud to be able to bring a new power generation form to
Indonesia at an affordable price and hopes to be able to replicate this success
in other similar projects and provide low cost renewable energy for the benefit
of PLN and the people of Indonesia.”
Indonesia's generation capacity does not meet its growing electricity demand and
this problem is aggravated on the island of Sulawesi. PT UPC Sidrap Bayu
Energi’s 70MW wind farm plans to diversify the country’s generation mix with a
clean source of power and contribute to the Government of Indonesia’s energy
goals of increasing renewable energy from 6% of the generation mix in 2014 to
23% by 2025.
"I am pleased to see growing U.S. investment in Indonesia and to affirm the U.S.
Government's support for advancing Indonesia's clean energy goals" said U.S.
Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O. Blake, Jr.
Since 1974, OPIC has committed $2.2 billion in finance and insurance across 115
projects in Indonesia. OPIC’s portfolio of active projects in the country covers
a range of sectors, from healthcare to financial services. Through its work with
PT UPC Sidrap Bayu Energi, OPIC will be supporting the development of the first
utility-scale wind power plant in Indonesia.
OPIC’s support of wind power projects throughout Latin America and the
Caribbean, Africa, and Asia has bolstered clean energy capacity throughout the
world. From 2011 to 2015 alone, OPIC committed more than $1.4 billion across 20
wind power projects. These wind commitments contributed to over 1,000 MW of
clean energy and represented over 2 million tons of avoided CO2 emissions.
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