"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."
"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)
(Subjects: Who/What is Kryon ?, Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" Managed Business, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Geothermals Boosted by New Price Floor

Jakarta Globe, Tito Summa Siahaan, August 30, 2012

A geothermal power plant in Wayang Windu, West Java. (GA Photo/M. Defrizal)  
      
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s debate rages on the legacy likely to be left by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when he leaves office, one contender is his efforts to encourage Indonesians to embrace a lower-carbon economy.

The president is aiming to bring the contribution of renewables to the national energy mix to 25 percent by 2025 and 35 percent by 2050.

Those renewables are likely to be sourced largely from the country’s vast geothermal potential, which some estimates put at 40 percent of the world’s reserves, and hydropower.

State funding alone will not be enough to achieve such an energy mix, so private investors must be lured to participate.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik said on Wednesday that he had signed a decree that will increase the tariff for electricity generated from geothermal power plants. The decree will soon be made official in the form of regulation, probably this week, the minister added.

He said that the decree will set the minimum tariff for geothermal electricity at 10 cents per kilowatt hour in Sumatra; 11 cents per kWh in Java and Bali; 12 cents per kWh in Central, Southeast and North Sulawesi; 13 cents per kWh in North Sulawesi and Gorontalo; 14 cents per kWh for East and West Nusa Tenggara; and 18 cents per kWh for Papua.

Jero said the government realized there was a need to massively develop the nation’s geothermal potential and that investors had shown excitement toward the sector when the plan to raise the tariff was announced.

“We only utilize around 5 percent of geothermal potential. I estimate that around 6,000 megawatts of electricity can be generated [from geothermal],” Jero said.

While a more attractive tariff will increase private investor interest in geothermal projects, investment returns are just one of the limitations curbing activity.

Motofumi Kohara from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, a government body involved in Indonesia’s infrastructure development, said the issue of complicated permits and the risk that investors must carry acted as constraints on the development of geothermal projects.

Speaking at the Indonesia International Infrastructure Conference and Exhibition 2012 currently taking place in Jakarta, Kohara said the government needed to mitigate the risk borne by independent power producers during the exploration stage of geothermal projects.

Furthermore, he noted, half the geothermal projects in the second phase of a government program to fast-track the development of electricity generators require permission to use forests, another concerning issues.

While investors in geothermal projects may soon enjoy a higher return, a cautious approach is still evident in the hydropower sector.

Josef M. Ullmer, the president director of Andritz Hydro, an equipment distributor for hydropower plants, called on the government to show more commitment in its push for hydropower projects.

“Hydropower is the cheapest of all energy sources and has a 90 percent efficiency rate,” he said.
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