The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Indonesia has launched an $18 million project to provide solar power systems to rural communities in four provinces across Indonesia. The project, called ACCESS project, will install 23 communal solar power systems with a total capacity of 1.2 MW in 23 villages in West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara and Central Kalimantan by 2023. The Korea International Co-operation Agency Indonesia, which handles South Korea’s official development assistance, has agreed to fund the project. The ACCESS project is in line with the government’s agenda to raise the country’s electrification ratio to 100 per cent, from around 99 per cent today.
