An Opportunity to Develop Industrial Cluster Based Geothermal Energy to Improve Local Competitiveness of North Maluku, Indonesia

Abstract

The Government of Indonesia has announced the Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia Economic Development (MP3EI) in May 2011. The Papua - Kepulauan Maluku Economic Corridor is developed to become the Center for Development of Food, Fishery, Energy and National Mining. North Maluku province has diverse natural resources, including geothermal, nickel, copper, coffee, coconut, cloves, and fish. The processing and utilization of that resources could be made with the development of an industrial cluster based geothermal energy which is geothermal energy as the source of electricity for the needs of the industry (e.g. smelter industry) and as a raw material in other industrial processing (e.g. dry fish industry). This paper will discuss the formation of the cluster strategy, starting from analyzing the local advantage, technology development, human resources, government policy, long-term commitment and prominent leadership.