Total Eren to build 70 MW Indonesian wind farm
Total Eren, the renewable-energy company in which French energy major Total recently took a stake, said it has signed a letter of intent with Indonesian government-owned power utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara for a 70 MW wind farm. The project will be located in Tanah Laut, on Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo island.
Renewables developer Total Eren today said it has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Indonesian government-owned power utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) for a 70-MW wind project.

The LoI calls for PLN to purchase electricity from the Tanah Laut project, which will be financed, built and operated by Total Eren. The wind farm will be located in Tanah Laut, on Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo island.

Total Eren got is name just days ago when French oil and gas group Total SA (EPA:FP) concluded the purchase of a 23% interest in EREN Renewable Energy (EREN RE).

According to the announcement, this is the first wind project to be signed under new Ministry of Energy regulation in Indonesia, issued in August 2017 and designed to reduce electricity generation cost.

General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) is the preferred technology supplier for the project. The US group has assisted in the project design and carried out the grid connection study. The wind resource at site has been confirmed by 20-month wind data gathered by Total Eren's Jakarta-based subsidiary PACE Energy.

Total Eren said it is developing several other greenfield wind projects in Indonesia.

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