RI sits on 28,000 mw of geothermal resources
Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh said Indonesia had geothermal energy resources of up to 28,000 megawatt with a potential power generating capacity of 13,440 MW.
"We also have reserves reaching 14,473 MW which are scattered in 265 locations throughout Indonesia," the minister said here on Thursday
Speaking at the opening of a seminar themed "Acceleration of Geothermal Development to Support the Second 10,000 MW Power Project," the minister said that four percent of the existing geothermal potential or 1,189 MW were already being used to generate electricity.
"The plant with the biggest designed capacity is located in West Java, namely 1,057 MW or 20 percent of the reserves, Central Java 60 MW, North Sulawesi 60 MW and North Sumatra 12 MW," Saleh said.
He said that based the law, the government had designated 22 geothermal work mining locations (WKP), namely 8 in Sumara, 7 in Java, 2 in Sulawesi, 3 in Nusa Tenggara and 2 in Maluku.
In the meantime, Bali is expected to host a World Geothermal Congress at the Bali International Convention centre, Nusa Dua, April 25-30, 2010.
The World Geothermal Congress 2010 would be officially opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Dr. Herman Darnel Ibrahim, chairman of the Congress organizing committee, said.
Around 2,500 people including ministers, dignitaries and experts from different countries would take part in the meeting, he said.
Prior to the World Geothermal Congress and Exhibition, the organizing committee will organize courses with 21 lecturers among others from Japan, Indonesia, Australia, France, and New Zealand.
The subjects of the courses will include Drilling, Completion and Testing of Geothermal Wells,Operation of Geothermal Plants, Geothermal Heat Pumps, Financing Geothermal Projects, Reservoir Assessment, and Introduction to Geothermal Energy.
The congress, which is held very five years, was organized for the first time in Italy in 1995, and later in Japan in 2000, and in Turkey in 2005.
The Congress` participants will also have field trips to Indonesia`s geothermal sites such as those in West Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and in Bedugul (Tabanan District, Bali Province).(*)
"We also have reserves reaching 14,473 MW which are scattered in 265 locations throughout Indonesia," the minister said here on Thursday
Speaking at the opening of a seminar themed "Acceleration of Geothermal Development to Support the Second 10,000 MW Power Project," the minister said that four percent of the existing geothermal potential or 1,189 MW were already being used to generate electricity.
"The plant with the biggest designed capacity is located in West Java, namely 1,057 MW or 20 percent of the reserves, Central Java 60 MW, North Sulawesi 60 MW and North Sumatra 12 MW," Saleh said.
He said that based the law, the government had designated 22 geothermal work mining locations (WKP), namely 8 in Sumara, 7 in Java, 2 in Sulawesi, 3 in Nusa Tenggara and 2 in Maluku.
In the meantime, Bali is expected to host a World Geothermal Congress at the Bali International Convention centre, Nusa Dua, April 25-30, 2010.
The World Geothermal Congress 2010 would be officially opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Dr. Herman Darnel Ibrahim, chairman of the Congress organizing committee, said.
Around 2,500 people including ministers, dignitaries and experts from different countries would take part in the meeting, he said.
Prior to the World Geothermal Congress and Exhibition, the organizing committee will organize courses with 21 lecturers among others from Japan, Indonesia, Australia, France, and New Zealand.
The subjects of the courses will include Drilling, Completion and Testing of Geothermal Wells,Operation of Geothermal Plants, Geothermal Heat Pumps, Financing Geothermal Projects, Reservoir Assessment, and Introduction to Geothermal Energy.
The congress, which is held very five years, was organized for the first time in Italy in 1995, and later in Japan in 2000, and in Turkey in 2005.
The Congress` participants will also have field trips to Indonesia`s geothermal sites such as those in West Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and in Bedugul (Tabanan District, Bali Province).(*)