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Pertamina remains to be key driver of geothermal development in Indonesia

Alexander Richter 29 Haz 2016

With 13 geothermal work areas under management and ongoing development, state-owned Pertamina Geothermal continues to be the major driver for geothermal development in Indonesia.

State-owned PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) continues to be a key driver for in the geothermal development in Indonesia. Today, PGE manages 13 geothermal fields directly and through Operation Contract with PT Chevron Geothermal Indonesia, PT Star Energy and Sarulla Operations Ltd.

“Development of a geothermal field to generate electricity takes about seven years. So until 2019 will still be dominated by PGE, “said the Director of the Directorate of Geothermal Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Jonah Saefulhak in a press statement today.

The Sarulla geothermal project managed by the Sarulla consortium is expected to be operational this year with 110 MW.  “And the target of 13 fields could generate about 2,000 MW of installed capacity by 2019,” he said.

Yunus said the assigning of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is one of the breakthroughs to accelerate geothermal development are also mandated in Law No. 21 of 2014 on Geothermal. According the National Energy Policy targets to be achieved in 2025 amounted to 7,200 MW.  “Before we assign Pertamina exploration and exploitation. In addition we also do a tender for an investor than Pertamina, “he said.

Currently, the Ministry of Energy is still evaluating the field or the Geothermal Working Area (WKP) will be assigned to Pertamina and two other state. Pertamina was the first geothermal development company in Indonesia to operate the field Kamojang success starting in 1983. The experience and expertise of state enterprises into a positive value to help the government accelerate geothermal development.

To reach the country’s geothermal development targets, requires investment and a lot of it. This makes it difficult for state-owned enterprises that have limited funding, while geothermal projects have a high risk and capital intensive.

The main advantage we have sovereignty and energy independence for our nation itself through state-owned,” said Yunus.

Corporate Secretary of Pertamina Geothermal, Tafif Azimudin, said the company remains optimistic that it will continue to be the largest geothermal company with the largest capacity of geothermal power generation capacity, namely 682 MW by 2017. The PGE generating capacity comes from geothermal power plants Kamojang 235 MW, 125 MW Lahedong, Ulubelu 220 MW, 17 MW Sibayak, Lumut Hall Karaha 55 MW and 30 MW.

“We remain optimistic that we can be the biggest in the next year, especially if Chevron has been no increase until 2017,” he said.

PGE is currently has a total capacity of geothermal power plants of 437 MW and 105 MW will increase until the end of 2016. Based on data from Pertamina, until the first quarter of 2016, Pertamina’s geothermal production reached 761.51 GWh, up 6.3% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period last year.

Chairman of the Indonesian Geothermal Association Abadi Purnomo said, the development is done mostly by state-owned enterprises can accelerate geothermal development in Indonesia.

“Opportunity in the state that has its capability, both financial, human resources and experience,” said Purnomo.

At the Indonesia International Geothermal Congress (IIGCE) in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 10-12, 2016 will provide a great forum for discussions with the companies working in the sector.

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Source: MetroTV