Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Indonesia:

Indonesia Plans 140 MW More Geothermal Energy Next Year (Jakarta Post)

State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina expects its subsidiary to start adding electricity capacity from geothermal power plants in August next year.

Pertamina, through subsidiary Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), aims to see the completion of its 2x55 MW Ulubelu geothermal power plant units 3 and 4 in Lampung in August 2016 and June 2017, respectively.

Pertamina upstream director Syamsu Alam said development of the power plant project was 56 percent complete. Along with its existing 1 and 2 units, 3 and 4 will contribute to a total of 220 MW.

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s director for geothermal, Yunus Saefulhak, said “For next year, we will see the Ulubelu plant unit 3 in Lampung with 55 MW in capacity, Karaha plant in West Java with 30 MW and the Lumut Balai plant in South Sumatra with 55 MW,” he said.

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