Indonesia geothermal auctions 2016

Source: JOIN IEA/IRENA Policy and Measures Database
Last updated: 14 April 2017

Indonesia has excellent geothermal resource availability – estimated 29 GW of which only around 4.5% was exploited as of 2015. In order to increase country’s renewable energy share in the energy mix and exploit its geothermal potential, the Ministry for Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia opened technology-specific auctions.  

Auctions are organized in two stages. The first stage is a pre-qualification stage to determine the eligibility of bidders based on the viability of funding and technical aspects, while the second stage is to determine the winner of the auction based on the offered price of electricity per plant.

In fall 2016 Indonesia opened auctions for procurement of six geothermal areas. Auction for Simbolon Samosir working geothermal area was repeated on 1st of December. Results of auctions are expected to be announced in first half of 2017 while plants will be commissioned between 2024 and 2025.

 

Administrative auction number

Auction announced on

Name of the geothermal area

Province

Probable geothermal reserve (MW)

Reservoir temperature (Celsius degrees)

Auctioned plant capacity (MW)

Size of the area (ha)

Plant to be operational by (year)

Max bidding price (USD cents/kwh)

Official announcement source

01/10.10/WKP-9/KESDM/2016

27 Sept 2016

Mount Wilis

Jawa Timur

50

2000

2 x 10MW

20840

2025

15.9

ESDM

01/10.10/WKP-8/KESDM/2016

28 Sept 2016

Gunung Galunggung

Jawa Barat

160

250-3000

110

57330

2024

15.5

ESDM

01/10.10/WKP-7/KESDM/2016

1 Nov 2016

Gunung Hamiding

Noth Maluku

265

2500-3000

20

42100

2024

22.6

ESDM

01/10.10/WKP-11/KESDM/2016

16 Nov 2016

Gunung Ciremai

West Java

150

2100

110

38560

2025

15.9

ESDM

02/10.10/WKP-6/KESDM/2016

1 Nov 2016

Graho Nyabu

Jambi Province

200

23600

110

109000

2025

15.9

ESDM

01/10.10/WKP-10/KESDM/2016

2 Nov 2016

Simbolon Samosir

North Sumatra Province

150

2400

110

168800

2024

15.9

ESDM

02/10.10/WKP-10/KESDM/2017

1 Dec 2016

Simbolon Samosir

North Sumatra Province

Repetition of auction number 01/10.10/WKP-10/KESDM/2016

ESDM

 In 2017 additional tenders for Telaga Ranu, Sekincau and Ange Ile Oka geothermal areas will be run.  

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