United States-based SEG Solar has signed a land utilisation agreement with Kawasan Industri Terpadu Batang to develop a multi-gigawatt-scale manufacturing complex for solar equipment in Indonesia.
The deal will facilitate the construction of a USD500 million industrial photovoltaic (PV) production complex. The firm plans to create a site with the capacity to make 5 GW of silicon wafers, 5 GW of solar cells and 5 GW of modules.
The PV industrial complex will be located in the Batang Regency of Central Java province and will be the largest one of its kind in Southeast Asia. It will cover a total area of 40 hectares. In the first phase, SEG Solar will install manufacturing facilities with an annual output of 5 GW for solar cells and 3 GW for modules. They are expected to begin operations in Q2 2025.