Pertamina to increase Geothermal capacity to 874 MW by 2018
Geothermal pipes of Pertamina, Indonesia (source: azmiyatul.blogspot)
Francisco Rojas
20 May 2014
The current capacity generated by the company is 402 MW, suggesting to more than double the capacity in the next 4 years.
According to the latest news, PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, subsidiary of state-run oil and gas firm PT Pertamina, says that it has set a target to finish geothermal power plant projects with a total combined capacity of 445 megawatts (MW) by 2018.
“We are targeting to increase geothermal capacity to 847 MW by the end of 2018,” Pertamina Geothermal Energy president director Rony Gunawan said in Jakarta on Monday as quoted by Antara news agency.
The current capacity generated by the company is 402 MW, suggesting to more than double the capacity in the next 4 years.
The president director also mentioned that among the geothermal plant projects that would be finished over the next four years were the 35 MW Kamojang Unit 5 plant and the 30 MW Karaha Unit 1, both in West Java. In addition, he said that the company had set a long term target to produce 2,300 MW of energy from geothermal plants by the end of 2025.
Source: The Jakarta Post Website
