Indonesia to auction 20 MW Gunung Hamiding geothermal project
Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia (source: flickr/ Achmad Rabin Taim, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
26 Sep 2016
The Ministry for Energy and Mineral Resources is seeking applications in a pre-qualification for the 20 MW Gunung Hamiding geothermal project in the province of North Maluku, Indonesia.
The Director General for New, Renewable and Energy Conservation at the Ministry for Energy and Mineral Resources in Indonesia has launched a pre-qualification for the Gunung Hamiding geothermal working area.
The project is located in the North Halmahera Regency in the North Maluku province.
Participants are to have experience in geothermal, upstream oil and gas, mining and minerals or power plant development.
Companies interested in qualification for the auction have time to register throughout September 27 to October 20, 2016. Details can be found on the EBTK website.
The actual announcement and details about the working area can be found in this pdf.
Estimated reserves of the geothermal working area of Gunung Hamiding are 265 MW at an estimated reservoir temperature of 250-300 centigrades.
The working area has a size of 42,100 hectares with a planned plant capacity of 20 MW. The highest reference price is 22.6 cent US$/kWh), Energy Ministry ministerial decree no. 17, 2014, and the expected commercial operation date (COD) target : 2024.
Source: EBTK
