Jakarta, June 9 -- Indonesia's planned exports of clean electricity to Singapore will not begin this year because the required transmission infrastructure is still under development, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said.

Speaking at a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday, Airlangga said construction of transmission facilities needed to support power exports would take around one to one-and-a-half years.

"No, it cannot be done this year. Building electricity transmission facilities will take at least one to one-and-a-half years to implement," he said.

Airlangga said the government is still evaluating technical aspects of the project together with Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.

He...