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National Geographic on the geothermal opportunity in Indonesia

National Geographic on the geothermal opportunity in Indonesia Darajat Unit I owned by Indonesia Power (a PLN subsidiary) with steam supplied by Chevron (source: wienblog-growingtree/ blogspot)
Francisco Rojas 5 Mar 2015

National Geographic: Indonesia plans to triple geothermal output from 1.4 to 4.9 gigawatts by 2019 and to hit 10 gigawatts by 2025

The vast geothermal potential of Indonesia has been recently covered by the prestigious National Geographic magazine. The magazine focuses its interest in the latent geothermal potential of the country since “Indonesia currently produces the third largest amount of geothermal power, after the U.S. and the Philippines. Still, it’s tapping less than 5 percent of its potential 29-gigawatt capacity. It has 62 projects under way, and if all get built, Indonesia could overtake the Philippines by the end of this year and the U.S. in another decade or two”

As we have covered before, the drive to develop geothermal seems to be gaining traction and there are plans to ” triple geothermal output from 1.4 to 4.9 gigawatts by 2019 and to hit 10 gigawatts by 2025″

National Geographic also covers the crucial change in legislation that makes it possible to exploit resources in forestal areas and shifts project approval from local to federal officials. All of this happened last year, with the main goal of fast-tracking projects and give geothermal a much needed boost.

Other common themes for geothermal are also covered in the article, such as the baseload capability and the attractiveness if this factor versus other renewables.

To read the full article, please follow the link below.

Source: National Geographic