Indonesian businesses eyeing Rosatom's floating NPPs to power industrial clusters - Russian first deputy PM
JAKARTA. Oct 16 (Interfax) - The delivery of Russian small-capacity floating nuclear power plants (FNPP) to Indonesia to provide electricity to industrial clusters could be the first stage in cooperation on nuclear energy that could subsequently lead to the construction of large-capacity NPPs in the country.
Private Indonesian companies are showing great interest in the FNPPs of Russian state company Rosatom, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said in an interview with Interfax.
"Cooperation between Russia and Indonesia in the nuclear field has great potential. The country is considering nuclear energy as one of the instruments to ensure long-term energy security. Rosatom is offering Indonesian partners a two-stage approach to the implementation of nuclear energy projects. The first stage is the deployment of floating small-capacity generating units in the country, and the second is the construction of onshore NPPs with large-capacity reactors," Manturov said.
"We are seeing great interest from private Indonesian companies in Russian floating nuclear power plant projects to supply energy to industrial clusters located in remote areas," Manturov said.
Rosatom has an active floating NPP project in Russia with capacity of 70 MW in Pevek, Chukotka. It includes the Academic Lomonosov floating energy unit, the flagship project in mobile, small-capacity nuclear energy.
The company is also carrying out a project to build four floating power plants with combined capacity of 424 MW to supply power to the Baimsky GOK copper mining project, with the first unit to be launched in 2028 and fourth in 2031.
Rosatom also plans to sell such projects on the international market. It aims to deliver the first floating nuclear power plants abroad in 2030, the company's deputy CEO Andrei Nikipelov said.
A Russian delegation led by Manturov is on a working visit to Jakarta Friday that is expected to include a number of bilateral meetings.
