An Indonesia Geothermal Business Tool – Geo Handbook and Geo Portal

Abstract

Indonesia is actively promoting international financing and development of the geothermal resources of Indonesia; however, geothermal information and resource data are scattered through multiple government agencies, universities, institutions, non-governmental organizations and private corporations. This fragmentation of geothermal information has created a barrier for potential investors to fully understand, learn about and keep current with the geothermal opportunities in Indonesia. Funded by the German international development bank KfW, the State Ministry of National Development Planning (“Bappenas”) engaged Partnership International, Inc. (PI) in 2012 to develop geothermal tools to support the development of the sector. The two major deliverables from this project are the Geo Portal and The Geothermal Handbook for Indonesia that compiles sectorial geothermal information and resource data and its accompanying interactive online Geo Handbook version located at: http://geothermal.bappenas.go.id/.