Asian Agri and PLN ink renewable energy deal

Clean energy will be sourced from a biogas power plant.

Asian Agri, through its business unit PT Indo Sepadan Jaya (PT ISJ), has signed a commercial operation date agreement with PT PLN (Persero) North Sumatra Distribution Unit (PT PLN North Sumatra) for the supply of renewable energy.

According to the Asian Agri, electricity will come from a biogas power plant to be supplied to PLN's distribution network in North Sumatra.

"Through this facility, we are not only converting waste into electricity, but are also supporting energy resilience and local decarbonisation efforts," Asian Agri Managing Director Sumith Fernando said.

The facility at PT ISJ has a surplus of methane gas that has not been fully utilised. After technical and feasibility studies, Asian Agri allocated the excess gas to a gas‐fuelled generator to produce an additional one megawatt of electricity. That power will be supplied to PT PLN Sumatra Utara under a three-year power purchase agreement.

The clean electricity generated from this facility will be supplied to PT PLN North Sumatra's grid in the Rantau Prapat area.