USTDA Promotes Geothermal Power Development in Indonesia
December 13, 2012
(USTDA)
Project Supports the New Asia Pacific Energy Partnership Announced at East Asia
Summit
JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
awarded a $546,766 grant to PT Teknosatria Energi Geothermal (TEG) to partially
fund a feasibility study for a 30 megawatt (MW) geothermal power project at the
Cibuni site in West Java, Indonesia. TEG is a private Indonesian company
established to develop the geothermal project and is part of the PT Satria
Gemareksa group. The grant was signed at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta by
Ambassador Scot Marciel on behalf of USTDA, and by PT Satria Gemareksa Chairman
Mr. Wisnu Suhardono on behalf of TEG.
"This grant demonstrates the commitment of the U.S. Government and Indonesian
private sector to work together to expand Indonesia's geothermal power
development, an important energy sector goal of the Government of Indonesia,"
stated USTDA Regional Director Henry Steingass. "We are pleased to support this
goal and to connect PT Teknosatria Energi Geothermal with U.S. expertise and
solutions." TEG has selected a U.S. firm, Layman Energy Associates, and a U.S.
business consortium of specialized geothermal service companies and experts to
conduct the feasibility study.
The USTDA grant will allow TEG to refine its Cibuni geothermal resource model
using specialized U.S. modeling tools to finalize production well plans, assess
power plant siting conditions and technology options, and prepare preliminary
engineering designs for the surface gathering system and power plant to
facilitate engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) planning for the
project. Once operating, the Cibuni geothermal power plant will produce about
236.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually, meeting the power needs of
over 400,000 Indonesian citizens using clean, renewable energy.
This grant supports USTDA's U.S.-Indonesia Geothermal Development Initiative,
launched in 2010, which is also supporting the feasibility studies for two
additional geothermal projects and a training and capacity building program
related to geothermal power development. It also promotes the prioirities of the
government-wide U.S.-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Partnership for a Sustainable
Energy Future, announced by President Obama at the East Asia Summit last month,
which USTDA committed to support. These feasibility studies, for the Jailolo
resource in Halmahera and Tangkuban Perahu resource in West Java, are being
undertaken by PT Star Energy and AECOM and PT Indonesia Power and Cyrq Energy,
respectively.
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