Indonesia's Geothermal Energy Still ‘Untouched’ (Jakarta Post)
Indonesia can produce 29 GW of power from the 299 geothermal energy locations across the country but currently, only 15 of them are able to produce 1.341 MW of power, says a local geologist.
“Of the 15 exploration sites, only eight are in production,” said Yogyakarta’s Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Geological Agency head, R. Sukhyar, during a geothermal development campaign at UGM’s Engineering School.
Ten of them, he went on, were being exploited by state oil and gas company PT Pertamina, while five others were controlled by a joint venture between Pertamina and foreign companies.
“However, there are many obstacles, so the development of geothermal energy is taking place very slowly,” Sukhyar said.
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