The energy consumption in the world, especially in Indonesia was increasing year by year. The energy consumption of electricity has a similar trend with the general energy consumption trend. Final electricity consumption from 2018 to 2019 increase 1.35% with a 16.82% share of final energy consumption by types. In Indonesia, coal and oil energy dominated the electricity sector in Indonesia which will create CO2 emission and have a direct impact on the environment. Renewable energy is a solution to this problem, with the decrease of ratio fossil fuel in the energy mix Indonesia is expected to reduce CO2 emission in Indonesia. The rationale of each sector energy in energy mix Indonesia divided into several percentages, there are at least 23% for renewables energy, 25% for oil energy (petroleum energy), and the largest portion in this energy mix is coal in 30% with natural gas energy in 22% of primary energy. 2020 is a tough year for a developed country to achieve the target of national capacity for energy management and integrated energy for every sector and the nation’s energy independence. When pandemic COVID-19 spread in all countries in this world, many sectors are hampered, one of them is the energy sector. Covid-19 can attack and disrupt the energy needs in the world by directly affected on the production and demand of energy. The geothermal industry is also affected by this pandemic, the relation between the economic sector with the weakness of the rupiah case supported the challenge of geothermal development in Indonesia. The implementation of a large-scale social restriction or PSBB in Indonesia definitely affects the economic activity. This hampered the mobilization process of a supply chain in field projects and the health protocol rules that must be applied in every area lead the labor productivity of the project decreases. This Pandemic COVID-19 adds to the challenges that must be faced by the Government of Indonesia (GOI), Investor and Developer. The target of 23% of renewable energy in energy mix Indonesia must be accomplished in 2025, and as a part of renewable energy, the geothermal industry is expected to be able to help achieve these targets with an installed capacity of 7.2 GW but at the end of 2019, the installed capacity of a geothermal power plant is 2.13 GW, this data shows that the amount of installed capacity in 2019 still far from the expected target. By study literature and the author’s insight into the condition in a geothermal industry with a pandemic COVID-19 situation right now, this paper will explain the impact of the pandemic on the geothermal industry, as well as recommendations that are expected to be implemented after this pandemic end to continue to achieve the target of Indonesia's energy mix

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