Pangelengan Geothermal Project

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The project uses an extensive geothermal reservoir adjacent to the Wayang Windu twin volcano to deliver reliable, clean and
renewable electricity to the state electricity grid. It is a pivotal project for Indonesia in taking advantage of its vast geothermal
resources and renewable energy potential.

The Project

and Management ITB, setting up three programs related to

Located in the Pangelengan district, approximately 40km south

after a 7.3 magnitude earth quake that hit the area in Septemeber

of Bandung, the capital of West Java, the project uses production

2009. Programs include an entrepreneurship training centre and

wells to access hot steam from the Wayang Windu geothermal

micro finance programmes.

reservoir and send the naturally hot fluid to steam turbine units.
The activity itself is the second phase expansion of the power
plant and involves the installation of an additional 117 MW
steam turbine, periphery equipment and a generator unit to
deliver approximately 950 GWh of additional electricity annually
to the national grid. The plant is already the largest geothermal
power station in Indonesia. The project reduces greenhouse
gas emissions through the displacement of fossil fuel electricity
generation with a clean, renewable energy source.

economic empowerment to accelerate the economic recovery

The project developer is also involved in agriculture based

programmes designed to provide financial and environmental
empowerment to the local communities. This involves helping
local farmers move from commodity vegetables to the farming
of higher value silk warms for silk production and planting 150
hectares of Arabica coffee, with the aim to eventually export for
sale, as well as providing dairy cows and sewing machines, and
developing a biogas project for 70 farmers to improve waste
management and provide an alternative energy source.
Local health initiatives undertaken by the project developer include
donating an ambulance, providing dietary food supplements for
mothers and babies, and providing free medical check-ups and
treatment to 1,200 people in the district.
Improvements to the local area and infrastructure have also been
made as part of the project, including planting over 500,000
tress (including eucalyptus, pines, avocado, oak, cyrus, suren)
in land damaged by illegal logging located in areas surrounding
the project, building roads and clean energy, and renovating

An aerial view of the project location.

community facilities including a school, mosque and football

field.

Additional Benefits
In addition to reducing emissions, the project owner has
dedicated significant resources to helping develop many of the
local communities in the 13 villages in the Pengalengan district
and improving the surrounding area.
This included an education initiative providing 6,500 scholarships
for students (both from low income backgrounds and based on
academic achievement) with an additional 1,500 in 2010-11. The
initiative also works with higher education providers, including
collaborating with a local university to provide hard skills training in

The local biogas equipment supported by the project.

basic welding, and, in collaboration with the School of Business

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The Region and Carbon Finance

With a population of nearly 240 million people only 65% of which

Despite the sizeable capacity of this individual geothermal project,

resources is especially important to help combat climate change,

Indonesia is still signicantly underperforming on its renewable energy

particularly as the country is one of the fastest growing economies in

have access to electricity this push to use Indonesias geothermal

generation potential and particularly in regards to its geothermal

the world and one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gas emissions

resources. As a result of its volcanic geology, it is estimated that

globally. Though the government is encouraging the use of geothermal

Indonesia has 40% of the worlds total geothermal potential much

energy as a substitute for oil and coal, the high costs associated with

of it located in the energy-demanding province of Java. This total

converting underground heat into electricity is still an obstacle for long

geothermal potential equates to over 28,000 MW (the equivalent of

term investment and participation.

about 12 billion barrels of oil). Currently, the country only has an installed
production capacity under 1,200 MW, representing less that 5% of
Indonesias electric power and about 2% of the countrys total energy
supply. The government understands the advantages of geothermal
power and aims to add 4,000 MW of its geothermal capacity within the
next ve years and over 9,000 MW by 2025.

About Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy originates from the radioactive decay of minerals
within the Earths core and also from solar energy absorbed at the
surface. The heat stored in the Earth can be used for direct heating
applications, generating electricity, or a combination of the two (cogeneration).
Small scale direct-use heating applications (i.e. in homes) can utilize
heat from shallow ground anywhere in the world; however, industrialscale electricity generation requires much higher resource temperatures
to be efcient. Historically, geothermal power plants have been located
near tectonic plate boundaries where high temperature geothermal
resources are available relatively close to the surface. The power
plants then route the hot uid (steam or hot water) from the geothermal
reservoir directly or indirectly (using a heat exchanger) through turbine/
generator units to produce electricity.
Geothermal power is considered a renewable resource as the heat

Some of the local population involved in the revegetation scheme.

extraction is minute compared to the almost unlimited amount of

heat generated by the Earths core. In addition, geothermal energy
is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, producing base load
electricity unlike many other renewable technologies that are affected
by weather and seasonal variations.

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Project location:Kecamatan Pangalengan, 40km south of Bandung, West Java, Indonensia

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