Jakarta, Nov. 27 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the rollout of one-megawatt solar power plants in every village, a push officials say will anchor the country's energy transition and power newly formed Red and White Village Cooperatives.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said the president issued the directive during a briefing on the national clean-energy agenda, which centers on village-based solar facilities.

"We discussed this initiative in detail. It is our duty to carry out the president's instruction to ensure each village can generate one megawatt of power," Lahadalia said in an audio message received on Thursday.

After meeting Prabowo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday ...