Thursday, July 19, 2012

Indonesia:

Indonesian Green Power Aim ‘Realistic’ (The Jakarta Globe)

Government officials look at a model of a geothermal
power 
plant in Jakarta on Tuesday. 
(Antara Photo/Prasetyo Utomo)  
 The country holds 40 percent of the world’s geothermal reserves 

The government is optimistic that the contribution of renewables in the national energy mix will reach 25 percent by 2025 and 35 percent by 2050, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik said on Tuesday.

Wacik said that renewable energy currently accounts for only for 5 to 6 percent of the national energy mix.

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