An official from Indonesia’s energyministry told the The Jakarta Globe newspaper that the government wantsto work with undisclosed partners to assess the feasibility of a range of PVprojects, with plans to raise the number of major solar installations to 153this year, up from 117 at the end of 2012.

A ministry official told the Globethat national and provincial authorities have allocated 1trn rupiah ($103m) tobuild solar plants this year, up from 700bn rupiah in 2012.