Rosatom signs floating nuclear deal to supply Indonesia with 200 MW
Two FPU-100 units will supply northern Halmahera Island in North Maluku, with Rosatom expecting delivery to consumers within five years.
Key facts
- Agreement signed during Russian Energy Week in Moscow
- Private investment funds the project, with no call on Indonesia's state budget, per PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir
- Rosatom is building four floating units for a Chukotka copper mining centre
- FPU-100 units use RITM-200M reactors with a service life of up to 60 years
- Akademik Lomonosov has supplied heat and power at Pevek for more than five years
Rosatom signed an agreement with Indonesian company PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir to supply electricity from floating nuclear power plants to the northern part of Halmahera Island in North Maluku, the Russian state nuclear corporation said on October 19. The agreement was signed during Russian Energy Week in Moscow.
Two FPU-100 floating power units will be deployed, with a combined capacity of 200 MW. Rosatom said it expects them to be supplying electricity to consumers within five years.
The project is structured as a business-to-business initiative, driven by private-sector investment without reliance on funding from Indonesia's state budget, said Yudi Utomo Imardjoko, director of PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir.
Rosatom has proposed a two-stage approach to Indonesia, with small-scale floating units first, followed by land-based plants using large units. The FPU-100 units use RITM-200M reactors, derived from those on Russia's latest nuclear-powered icebreakers, with a capacity of at least 100 MWe and a service life of up to 60 years. Rosatom owns and operates the units, and the customer pays for the electricity generated.
Rosatom is building four floating power units to supply a copper mining centre in Chukotka. Its Akademik Lomonosov, the world's only operating floating nuclear power plant, has supplied heat and power to Pevek, population 5,000, in the Chukotka region for more than five years.