Renewable Energy - this project produces electricity from geothermal energy.

This project reduces greenhouse gas emissions by providing a 156 MW capacity upgrade to a renewable geothermal energy plant that displaces fossil fuels on the regional electricity grid.

Renewable Energy

West Java, Indonesia

100,000 tonnes of CO2e between 2007-2016

Assessed using the CDM Tool for Demonstration of Additionality. As the first capacity upgrade at a geothermal plant in Indonesia, the project faced serious technological barriers before the first turbine was able to achieve its new power rating. A newly identified problem with low quality steam also threatened to reduce the financial returns of the project. In addition, the project was constructed in the face of Government incentives for the construction of coal-fired power plants, which have lower capital costs and shorter lead times for addressing national power shortages.

The project owner revised its existing EIAs to cover the capacity addition of the geothermal power plant. The main impacts identified were the possibility of an increase in hydrogen sulphide gas (air pollution), an increase in noise (noise pollution), and the possibility of water pollution from the expanded project. The project owner has put in place remediation measures to address each of these impacts. No negative stakeholder comments received during the consultation process.

Completed