Indonesia has the potential to become one of the world's largest solar panel suppliers by utilizing its reserves of silica sand or quartz sand, Minister of Investment and Head of Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia said on July 21.
He indicated that President Joko Widodo had instructed BKPM to seek investors not only in the nickel, copper, or tin sector.
"We have one of the biggest reserves of quartz sand in the world. It is the main raw material to produce glass and solar panels, which are needed in the green industry," he said during a presentation on investment realization in the second quarter of 2023 in Jakarta.
