Rosatom and Indonesia Reach Historic Agreement to Implement First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Power Supply Export Project

Rosatom State Corporation and Indonesian state-owned enterprise PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir have reached an agreement to supply electricity generated by floating nuclear power units to electricity customers in North Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia. The agreement was signed on October 16, 2026, in Moscow during Russian Energy Week (REW), marking an important milestone in bilateral energy cooperation between Russia and Indonesia.

Under the project plan, Rosatom State Corporation will deploy two FPU-100 Floating Power Units (FPU) with a total installed capacity of 200 megawatts (MW) to supply power to the northern part of Halmahera Island in North Maluku Province. These units will use RITM series reactor systems to provide reliable low-carbon electricity; this system has been operated over the long term on nuclear-powered icebreakers and has proven its efficiency, reliability and safety. It is expected that, within as little as five years after the key terms of the power supply contract enter into force, the floating power units can begin delivering the first megawatt-scale electricity to Indonesian customers.

Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom State Corporation, said that cooperation between Rosatom State Corporation and Indonesia is advancing rapidly, and that a recent meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto reaffirmed the country's determination to strengthen energy security and achieve carbon neutrality goals. Likhachev noted that the agreement not only establishes power supply but also lays the foundation for a long-term partnership. This is the world's first export agreement for power supply from floating power units, demonstrating to the international business community that, with systematic government support, the private sector is actively leading nuclear infrastructure projects capable of driving national economic transformation.

Yudi Utomo Imardjoko, Director of PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir and an Indonesian nuclear scientist, emphasized that nuclear energy offers a sustainable solution for meeting Indonesia's growing energy demand and promoting economic development, especially for eastern Indonesia. He explained that the project is entirely a business-to-business (B2B) commercial operation, relying on private sector investment and not depending on funding from the Indonesian state budget (APBN), and expressed gratitude for the support provided by the Indonesian government and the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Russia in advancing the cooperation.

Haji Romo Nitiyudo Wachjo, investor of PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir, said that the agreement reflects the goal of consolidating Indonesia's energy independence and ensuring long-term sustainable development, and expressed gratitude for the support and trust of various parties, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian delegation, Rosatom State Corporation, and Indonesian Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin.

In 2025, the Indonesian government incorporated nuclear energy into its national energy plan as one of the core pathways to ensure long-term energy security and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Previously, in July 2024, Prabowo Subianto, in his capacity as president-elect and minister of defense, held talks with Putin at the Kremlin and formally expressed interest in cooperation; Likhachev subsequently met with Prabowo in May 2026 to discuss prospects for the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Rosatom State Corporation proposed a two-phase development concept for Indonesia: the first phase deploys small floating nuclear power units, and the second phase builds land-based nuclear power plants equipped with large-capacity reactors.

Currently, about 80 Small Modular Reactor (SMR) projects worldwide are in the design stage, and Rosatom State Corporation maintains a leading position in the application of floating nuclear power technology. Since 2020, the world's first floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, has been in operation in Chukotka, Russia, equipped with two KLT-40S reactors, and has generated nearly 1.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity cumulatively. The new-generation FPU-100 floating units will be equipped with RITM-200M reactors adapted for tropical climates, with a single-vessel generating capacity of 100 megawatts.

Rosatom State Corporation currently ranks first globally in the number of overseas nuclear power plant construction projects, building 27 nuclear power plants in 9 countries. In addition to constructing an export-oriented small land-based nuclear power plant equipped with RITM-200N reactors in Uzbekistan, the company is also building FPU-106 floating nuclear power units equipped with RITM-200S reactors to supply power to a super-large copper mining cluster in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia.