PT Pertamina is planning to build a 2×55 MW geothermal power plant at Lempur village, in the Kerinci district in Indonesia, so local news.
In Indonesia, “The Kerinci district government plans to build a geothermal power plant with a capacity of 2×55 megawatts to meet rising power needs in Jambi province.”, so reported by local news in Indonesia.
“Jambi province will need 275 MW of electrical power in the next five years, almost a two-fold increase from the current peak load of 150 MW,” Irmansyah Herman, the head of the Jambi provincial mining and energy office, said here on Thursday.
He said 110 MW of the province`s power needs was currently supplied by power plants owned by state power utilities PT PLN in Jambi and the remaining 40 percent by the Ombilin hydro-power plant in neighboring West Sumatra province.
To meet power demand on its own, the Jambi provincial government was making constant efforts to develop power plants by taking advantage of potential natural resources such as water, coal and geothermal energy, he said. Continue reading


First geothermal power plant, 1904, Lardarello, Italy.
Indonesia kembali menjadi tuan rumah pertemuan penting dunia. Setelah penyelenggaraan Konferensi Perubahan Iklim pada dua tahun lalu, Indonesia kali ini menggelar Konferensi Panas Bumi se Dunia atau World Geothermal Congress – WGC 2010 pada tanggal 25-30 April, di Bali. Konferensi telah dibuka oleh Presiden RI Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, yang dihadiri juga oleh Presiden Islandia dan sekitar 2500 peserta dari 85 negara, Senin (26/4/2010).