Thursday, August 7, 2014

Indonesia:

Construction Begins on World’s Largest Geothermal Plant (SustainableBusiness.com)


It's been a long time coming, but with financing secured, construction will finally begin on the world's largest geothermal power plant - the Sarulla Geothermal Power Project in Indonesia.

In the works since 1990, the $1.2 billion, 330 MWe project is about to break ground, with the first phase online in 2016 and the entire project by 2018. It's been delayed by many factors, such as the 1990s Asian financial crisis, complex regulations and difficulty in finding financing for geothermal.

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