Ampowr has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesia’s Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Kemendes PDT). The MoU pledges to bring reliable, clean electricity to villages with little or no power.
The agreement was signed in Jakarta by Secretary General Taufik Madjid and Ampowr Co-CEO, Eric van Honk.
A four-village pilot opens a staged path toward as many as 300 villages. The project utilizes Ampowr’s solar, storage, and energy management technology to support education, healthcare, food production, and rural enterprise.
Secretary General Taufik Madjid of Kemendes PDT and Eric van Honk of PT Ampowr IES Indonesia signed the MoU in Jakarta. The signing took place in the presence of H.E. Marc Gerritsen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Scale of the Challenge
Indonesia has 75,266 villages, according to the Ministry. Thousands still lack electricity, and many that are connected receive power for only part of the day, in some cases as little as eight hours.
The MoU establishes a pilot in four villages to prove the feasibility of solar photovoltaic (PV), battery energy storage systems (BESS), and energy management software. Moreover, the pilot sets the basis for expanding to as many as 300 villages and frames a long-term pathway to electrify every unelectrified village in Indonesia. The work moves in stages: prove the model in four villages, expand to 300, then extend nationally.
Reliable Power
Cosmos, Ampowr’s Energy Management System (EMS), coordinates solar, storage, and backup supply so a village receives steady power across the day.
“Accessible electricity is the foundation for everything a village needs to grow: a clinic that can keep medical supplies cold, a school that stays open after sunset, a farmer who can protect a harvest,” said Eric van Honk, Co-CEO of Ampowr. “We will begin with four villages and a clear path to 300 and beyond. That gives communities, the government, and long-term investors a model they can trust and repeat.”
Building Local Capacity
The project’s scope includes capacity building so communities can run their own systems and develop durable local energy businesses. The signing was attended by H.E. Marc Gerritsen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and ASEAN.
Ampowr and Kemendes PDT will next move to a feasibility study before implementation begins in the pilot villages.
