Survei Pendahuluan dan Eksplorasi known as WPSPE) in the Cipanas Region, Cianjur Regency, West Java Province. The following is the official statement from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources regarding the offered Geothermal WPSPE:
- WPSPE Name : Cipanas
- Geothermal WPSPE Location : Cianjur Regency, West Java Province
- WPSPE area : 3,180 Ha
- Potential : 85 MWe (Reserve)
It is hoped that the development of geothermal energy into a source of electrIndonesia has a ‘treasure’ in this case new renewable energy resources (EBT) in the form of geothermal or geothermal in the Cipanas area, Cianjur Regency, West Java. Currently, the 2nd largest treasure in the world has only been worked on by Indonesia, reaching 9.5%. The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) noted that Indonesia’s geothermal resources as of December 2020 reached 23,965.5 Mega Watts (MW) or around 24 Giga Watts (GW). Meanwhile, the United States is ranked number one for geothermal resources, reaching 30,000 Mega Watts (MW).
The plan to work on geothermal energy sources in Cianjur is marked by the bidding of the Geothermal Preliminary and Exploration Survey Assignment Area (Wilayah Penugasan city in the country will increase. The reason is, until the end of 2021, the installed capacity of the Indonesian Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP) was recorded at only 2,276.9 Mega Watt (MW), only an increase of 146.2 MW from the total installed capacity in 2020 which was 2,130.7 MW.
This means that the total installed capacity of PLTP RI until the end of 2021 is only about 9.5% of the total existing resources. Thus, there is still a lot of geothermal potential in the country that has not been exploited.
May 14, 2022, CNBC Indonesia
(https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20220514121424-4-339032/cianjur-pendam-harta-karun-terbesar-2-dunia-baru-dipakai-9)