Geo Dipa partners with Dutch consultancy for geothermal lithium pilot project in Indonesia
PT Geo Dipa Energi has partnered with Dutch engineering consultancy Witteveen+Bos for a pilot geothermal lithium project at the Dieng field in Java, Indonesia.
PT Geo Dipa Energi has signed an agreement with Dutch engineering consultancy Witteveen+Bos for a pilot project to investigate the feasibility of extracting lithium from geothermal brine. The pilot will be done at the Dieng geothermal power facility operated by Geo Dipa in Central Java, Indonesia. The project will be financed by the Dutch government.
The pilot project marks the inaugural collaboration between Indonesia and the Netherlands in the field of critical raw materials.
Geo Dipa Energi President Director Yudistian Yunis had previously stated that the Dieng geothermal field has the potential to produce up to 2200 tons of lithium per year, equivalent to approximately 3.5 GWh of battery capacity.
Operations of the 55-MW Dieng Unit 1 geothermal power plant started in 2002. In 2021, a small-scale 10-MW power plant in Dieng also went online. Geo Dipa is currently working on the 55-MW Unit 2 expansion in Dieng, with the latest update stating that the well testing phase has been completed. The developer has received financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the expansion of both the Dieng and Patuha geothermal power plants.
Source: Berita Geothermal and Dutch Embassy Indonesia via LinkedIn