PT PLN (Persero) through PLN Indonesia Power Subholding immediately operates the first hydrogen refueling station (HRS) charging station in Indonesia, located in Senayan, Jakarta. The progress of the HRS development has now reached 98 percent and is targeted to be completed in February 2024. This aggressive step continues the use of green hydrogen production from 21 Green Hydrogen Plants that have been operated by the company since November 2023. PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo said PLN together with the government continued to take strategic steps in energy transitions. One of them is through the use of green hydrogen as an environmentally friendly alternative energy to replace fuel oil. This step is also part of an effort to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector.
“This is proof, we walk the talk that we realize this commitment in real form. Not only the infrastructure for charging electric vehicles, but we are also ready to present the first hydrogen refueling station in Indonesia as an environmentally friendly energy option for vehicles,” Darmawan said in his statement, quoted Tuesday (1/16/2024).
This almost completed HRS is ready to serve all types of hydrogen -based vehicles from private vehicles, public vehicles, to heavy vehicles. Because in this first phase of construction, HRS Senayan has been equipped with 150 bar HRS, 300 bars and will gradually be raised up to 700 bars. PLN is also making innovations in hydrogen-based electric vehicles that will be exhibited during the inauguration of HRS Senayan. The vehicle made by PLN Nusantara Power Subholding is 150 bars based.
“The development of the green hydrogen supply chain is at the same time strengthening national energy security. That is, we switch from the majority of fuel based on imports to Green Hydrogen which is domestically produced in the country,” he added.
HRS Senayan will be more strategic because there is also a hydrogen -based electric vehicle charger that has the same function as the Public Electric Vehicle Filling Station. There was also a hydrogen center and hydrogen gallery room there was also built as a training and education center related to hydrogen in Indonesia.
PLN can currently produce 199 tons of green hydrogen. Of the total production, PLN only uses 75 tons for the operational needs of the generator, while the remaining 124 tons can be used for other needs. This amount can be used to serve 424 cell electric vehicles, so that it can save fuel imports by 1.55 million liters/year and reduce carbon emissions to 3.72 million kg CO2/year.
To run this program, PLN has collaborated with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the National Research and Innovation Agency and Indonesia Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy.
“In the long journey of this energy transition, PLN cannot walk alone, the only way to keep going forward is by collaboration. Because whatever the challenges, we must fight so that the earth becomes a better place for future generations,” concluded Darmawan.
January 16, 2024, detikFinance
(https://finance.detik.com/energi/d-7145223/pln-segera-operasikan-stasiun-pengisian-hidrogen-pertama-di-ri)