Indonesia to offer 30 geothermal working areas in tender until 2018
Lahedong Geothermal Power Plant in Indonesia (source: ADB, Courtesy of CPI)
Alexander Richter
12 Aug 2016
The Indonesian government hopes to offer up to 30 geothermal working areas in a tender from 2016 to 2018 to speed up geothermal development in the country.
In conjunction with the ongoing Indonesia International Geothermal Convention & Exhibition, Yunus Saefulhak, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s director of geothermal energy, said that the government hopes to see up to 30 geothermal working areas tendered from 2016 to 2018 to speed up development.
“As of today, of a total of 69 working areas, only nine produce power installed with a capacity of 1,493 MW. At the end of 2016, we expect to achieve 1,653 MW from three geothermal power plants,” Yunus said.
The geothermal working areas on offer throughout a bidding process from 2016 to 2018 are:
Aceh (1), North Sumatra (2), West Sumatra (2), Jambi (1), South Sumatra and Lampung (1), Bengkulu (3), West Java (3), Banten (1), Central Java (1), East Java (4), West Nusa Tenggara (2), East Nusa Tenggara (2), Central Sulawesi (2), Southeast Sulawesi (1), Gorontalo (1) and North Maluku (3).
The government has appointed public utility firm PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to develop the Ulumbu and Mataloko geothermal working areas in East Nusa Tenggara with capacities of 50 MW and 22.5 MW, respectively. PLN president director Sofyan Basir has committed to completing the assignment by early 2020.
Source: The Jakarta Post
