Rosan: Authority for permit acceleration in Batam rests with BP Batam

Investment and Downstream Industry Minister/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Head Rosan Perkasa Roeslani assured that the investment permitting process in Indonesia will no longer be difficult with the issuance of Government Regulation (PP) No. 28/2025 on the Implementation of Risk-Based Business Permits.

The statement by Rosan, who is also CEO of state asset fund Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara) Investment Management Agency, was in response to requests by a consortium of semiconductor companies from United States and Germany. The consortium urged for accelerated permit process so they could begin construction for their planned investment in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, immediately.

The companies which are part of the consortium are PT Quantum Luminous Indonesia, PT Terra Mineral Nusantara, and Tynergy Group subdiaries PT Energy Tech Indonesia and PT Essence Global Indonesia.

"I'm confident that our licensing process won't take long, let alone be difficult. Moreover, as I mentioned earlier, it's automatically integrated with PP No. 28," Rosan stated when met at the Park Hyatt Jakarta on Dec. 2, 2025.

However, the minister stated that business permits in Batam City falls under the authority of the Batam Free Trade Zone Authority (BP Batam).

"The permit must be processed in Batam, because it is a special economic region which has been given its own authority to handle all permits related to Batam," Rosan explained.

The consortium has planned to begin construction of strategic industrial facilities for semiconductors, silica sand downstream industry development, and glass production at the Wiraraja Green Renewable Energy and Smart-Eco Industrial Park National Strategic Project (PSN) in Galang Island, Riau Islands.

Tynergy Group's investment plan in Indonesia originated from a meeting at the G20 Bali Summit in 2022 through a meeting with Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita in Washington D.C., the United States (US), that was facilitated by Rosan, who was then the Indonesian Ambassador to the US. The collaboration progressed with the signing of a cooperation agreement between Tynergy Group and PT Galang Bumi Industri, the company which manages the Wiraraja PSN, on Nov. 12, 2023.

Tynergy Group and Quantum Luminous Indonesia have also held a series of meetings with BP Batam about land preparation, utilities, and infrastructure support for the construction of a semiconductor factory to meet global chip and electronics demand, a solar cell and wafer manufacturing plant, and a silica sand downstream industry development plant. The total investment value is estimated at US$26.73 billion or about Rp 443 trillion.

The consortium considers accelerated permitting to be crucial to ensure investment certainty, industrial supply chain readiness, employment of local workforce, as well as the transfer of knowledge and technology through a vocational program at its German-based parent company. The investment also aims to increase Indonesia's competitiveness in the global semiconductor and high-tech industry supply chain. Tynergy Group and Quantum Luminous Indonesia affirmed their commitment to execute the project quickly, and are ready to begin construction once all technical and administrative permits are completed.