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Meanwhile, Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry projects Indonesia to become the world's largest geothermal power producer by 2021. These developments are based on ongoing geothermal development in Southeast Asia's largest economy.
Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry spokesman Dadan Kusdiana, explained that Indonesia will surpass the Philippines to become the world's second largest geothermal energy user in 2018 by generating geothermal electricity of 2,023.5 megawatts (MW) through additional capacity stemming from the Sarulla Geothermal Power Plant (2 x 110 MW), the Karaha Geothermal Power Plant (30 MW), the Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power Plant (2 x 20 MW), and the Lumut Balai Geothermal Power Plant (55 MW).
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