TOMOHON - The commitment of PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) in developing clean geothermal energy is again demonstrated by the operation of a 500 kW Binary Cycle Geothermal Power Plant in Tomohon, North Sulawesi.
The construction and operation of the geothermal power plant is a joint study conducted between the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education and the German Federal government through the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) German Research Center for Geosciences supported by PGE.
"We hope that this plant can operate properly, reliably, and continue to provide benefits for operations in the Lahendong Field. In addition, it is hoped that this plant can increase the knowledge, experience and capability of Indonesia's human resources," said PGE President Director Ali Mundakir at the handover receive Lahendong Binary Cycle PLTP from GFZ Germany to BPPT, on (21/1/2019).
The handover of a 500 kW Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP) from the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) German Research Center for Geosciences to BPPT was attended by Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Mohamad Nasir, accompanied by Acting Head of the Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) along with staff in the Lahendong Geothermal Field - Tomohon.
In his speech, Menristekdikti welcomed the support of the German Government in the development of Binary Cycle PLTP technology and hoped that the handover of the Binary Cycle PLTP could be the first step in a large effort to utilize renewable energy and increase human resources in EBT and geothermal technology in particular.
On the same occasion, Deputy of Energy and Material Information Technology (TIEM) BPPT, Eniya L. Dewi stated, Lahendong's 500 kW PLTP system is a smale scale binary cycle plant system.
"This PLTP utilizes wet geothermal steam which cannot be used by conventional PLTP. In addition, this PLTP can also be used to utilize the remaining hot water from conventional PLTP so as to increase total efficiency and increase generation capacity. This PLTP can be used as a model for the utilization of geothermal wells with wet steam which is characteristic of most geothermal sources in Indonesia, especially Sumatra and Sulawesi, "said Eniya.
Pertamina as a pioneer of geothermal development in Indonesia, which was then continued by PGE, has 35 years of experience in operating geothermal fields. At present Indonesia is in the second rank of geothermal development in the world with a total installed capacity of 1949.5 MW, and PGE's contribution of 32% is generated from 45 Areas with a total installed capacity of 617 MW.
"We target this year to add an installed capacity of 55 MW from the Lumut Balai geothermal field in South Sumatra so that in 2019 it is targeted that PGE's total installed capacity will be 672 MW. We also continue to develop geothermal energy in all regions of Indonesia, including development in "The Hululais Project (including Hululais Extention - Bukit Daun) (Bengkulu), Lumut Balai Project (South Sumatra), Sungai Penuh Project (Jambi), Seulawah (Aceh) and Lawu (Central Java)," Ali added.
PGE's commitment to developing clean geothermal energy is carried out while maintaining environmental sustainability and community empowerment in addition to the mandate to provide the best benefits for Pertamina and Indonesia. For PGE's commitment, PGE has won Gold PROPER 8 times in a row since 2011 from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and won the Dharma Karya ESDM Madya award given directly by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.
In the development of geothermal energy, PGE also participates in reducing carbon gas emissions and saving the country's foreign exchange reserves. With PGE's current total installed capacity of 617 MW, in addition to contributing to Non-Tax State Revenues (PNBP), PGE also has the potential to contribute to reducing carbon gas emissions by 3.2 million tons of CO2 per year and saving the country's foreign exchange reserves of 532.6 million USD per year.
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