The largest floating solar farm is Southeast Asia is put into use in West Java on Thursday. President of Indonesia Joko Widodo was at the ceremony and said, “today is a historical day.”
The Cirata floating solar farm, with invest value of IDR 1.8 trillion, which is consisted of 340,000 panels and expected to generate enough electricity to power 50,000 households, is built on a 200-hectare (500-acre) reservoir in West Java, about 130 kilometres (80 miles) from the capital, Jakarta.
The Cirata floating solar farm. (Photo: Indonesia.go.id )
