Thursday, June 5, 2014

Indonesia:

Govt Auctions 9 New Geothermal Work Areas (Jakarta Post)

The Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is offering nine new work areas to public bidders for geothermal projects nationwide in a bid to generate more electricity from renewable resources.

Of the total 1,030 potential MWe announced on Wednesday, the ministry estimates that the total geothermal capacity to be developed will amount to 550 MW with total investment of around US$2.1 billion.