Planned 2015 tender of 25 sites to kick start development in Indonesia
Lake Maninjau crater lake, West Sumatra, Indonesia (source: flickr/ Indrani Soemardjan, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
21 Kas 2014
Apart from the 25 new sites for geothermal development planned for early 2015, the Indonesian government plans to have 10 percent of power demand covered by geothermal by 2020.
Indonesia seems to be pushing harder for geothermal, according to recent news.
Reuters stated in a post earlier today that “Indonesia has unveiled ambitious targets to triple geothermal power output this decade, introducing a series of land and regulatory reforms aimed at becoming the world’s largest producer of the fossil fuel alternative.”
As it has been mentioned in several articles in ThinkGeoEnergy, Indonesia is suffering from a double malaise, over-reliance on fossil fuels that are actually drying up and an increase in the demand for electricity by its citizens. It is considered to be one of the countries with most geothermal potential yet the development of this type of energy has traditionally been slow. Thanks to reforms and more open regulations, geothermal is poised to make a comeback.
The industry is definitively making a comeback in Indonesia, since 25 new sites for geothermal development are going to be announced on early 2015, plus the development of the Sarulla project; the largest geothermal project worldwide are good signs of recovery.
According to the Reuters article published in the Jakarta Globe, “Indonesia’s plans could see geothermal meet 10 percent of power demand by 2020, up from 3 percent today. Currently about half of power supplies are met by coal, a fuel it is keen to use less in order to boost exports. Gas makes up about 20 percent and oil 12 percent.”
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Source: Reuters via Jakarta Globe
