According to an Indonesian official on Sunday, a lithium-ion battery facility that is being developed by an Indonesia battery business and China’s CATL is anticipated to be operational by the end of 2026, with an initial capacity of 6.9 gigawatt hours.
According to Dwi Anggia, a spokesperson for the energy ministry, the factory is anticipated to grow to create electric car batteries with a storage capacity of up to 15 GWh. The production would be supplied to both domestic and foreign markets.
A $6 billion power battery project agreed upon in 2022 by Indonesian enterprises, including state miner PT Aneka Tambang Tbk, opens new tab, and a CATL consortium includes the partnership between Indonesia Battery Corp and the Chinese behemoth Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. The collaboration covers the production of EV batteries, nickel mining and processing, and battery recycling.
Speaking during the project’s launching, Indonesian Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia suggested that the plant may also create a kind of battery to store solar energy.
“With the battery for solar panels, the total production capacity of this plant could reach up to 40 GWh,” he stated, adding that discussion with the project owner was continuing.
The remaining subprojects will be situated in the nickel-rich area of North Maluku in eastern Indonesia, while the battery facility will be constructed in West Java.
With the biggest nickel deposits in the world, Indonesia’s government has set an ambitious target of generating 600,000 EVs by 2030. Approximately 13 times as many would have been sold in Indonesia the previous year.
