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Monday, October 28, 2013

Indonesia:

Geothermal Project in Lampung Needs to be Introduced to Local Communities (Jakarta Post)

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said it was hoped that the development of a geothermal power plant (PLTP) in Mt. Rajabasa, South Lampung, by geothermal producer PT Supreme Energy could be implemented without causing any conflicts with local people.

Zulkifli said the Forestry Ministry would issue forestry permits, popularly known as borrow-to-use permits, for forest areas in Mt. Rajabasa only if local communities approved the project, which he said was for the sake of people’s prosperity.

Zulkifli said more needed to be done to make people more aware that the geothermal power plant was a government project, and most importantly that geothermal energy was renewable and environmentally-friendly.

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