With trial operations ongoing, Pertamina is concentrating on industrial operations of the 55-MW Lumut Balai Unit 2 geothermal energy plant by April or Could 2025.
PT Pertamina Geothermal Power (PGEO) is concentrating on an April 2025 Business Operations Date (COD) of the 55-MW Unit 2 of the Lumut Balai Geothermal Energy Plant in South Sumatra, Indonesia. Mechanical completion of the power had already been accomplished in December 2024, and the trial interval is at the moment ongoing.
The announcement was made by PGEO Finance Director Yurizki Rio on the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “Hopefully, in April or Could 2025, the belongings of Lumut Balai Unit II amounting to 55 MW can COD ( commissioning operation date ),” mentioned the Director.
The primary 55-MW part of Lumut Balai got here on-line in 2019. Shortly after, PGEO had introduced plans to increase utilization of the geothermal area with a second 55-MW unit. PGEO awarded the EPCC contract for the mission in November 2022 and the groundbreaking for work on the power came about in December 2023.
PGEO stays lively on a number of fronts to increase their geothermal enterprise, not simply in Indonesia but in addition in Kenya. The corporate can be engaged on geothermal-derived merchandise, similar to fertilizer, that diversify the utilization of geothermal power and supply livelihood to host communities.
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