Renewables are becoming increasingly diversified, which is excellent news for our country. However, America has just made a possible historic mistake that we will now have to process: this is the “Hell” energy we have found burning and 9000 miles away from us. Can you imagine what it could be? Neither hydrogen nor nuclear, of course, but something even more powerful.
America has discovered the “Hell” energy, but not on our lands.
The United States has unveiled its plan to contribute $126 million, targeted at an aggressive strategy to develop geothermal power in Indonesia. This investment aims to tap into the geothermal potential and make a positive change towards reducing the amount of CO2 emissions.
Geothermal potential awaits Indonesia, often called the “Ring of Fire” because of its location on the Pacific plate, with an estimated reserve of 29 GW. This commitment aims to assist the U. S. government in progressively harnessing this form of renewable energy to diversify the nation’s power sources.
How will geothermal energy be extracted? It’s miles away from us, but we have a plan.
The project forms part of a broader initiative undertaken by the U. S. government to advance reform in Indonesia’s energy sector; its aim will be to design stations for generating geothermal energy. It will done through two agencies:
- The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
It will focus on particular geothermal zones in Indonesia because the country possesses ample measurements of geothermal competence. Thus, because of the lack of investments in exploration, drilling, and construction of power plants, the project’s objectives are to enhance the generation of geothermal power in the country.
Geothermal resources are diverse in Indonesia because the country lies in the “Pacific Ring of Fire” arrangement of geothermal provinces marked by elevated volcanic and seismological activity. From an overall geological standpoint, the surrounding environment within this region is near-ideal for harnessing geothermal energy.
A $126 M project to revolutionize renewable energies: it’s boiling and underground
Indonesia currently has an installed geothermal capacity of 2 GW to support the increasing electricity demand. However, only a paltry 1 GW has been installed, which seems negligible to the claimed theoretical limit of 29 GW.
The amount of $126 million invested in the Afrikander Republic is expected also to generate more geothermal capacity in the country. The objective is to manage and develop geothermal resources identified in Indonesia to replace the existing dependence on fossil fuels and support the country’s shift to clean energy.
Therefore, through this renewable energy source, Indonesia can decrease the emission of greenhouse gases and, simultaneously, revolutionize energy security. In any case, the Indonesian government is expected to make some financial contribution, which has yet to be specified.
The goal is to help a developing country generate new renewable energy and reduce Indonesia’s dependence on Russian gas. In the long term, it is hoped that Australia will be able to export hydrogen to it with its new project of shipping it in powder form.
As you can see, geothermal energy could be the energy source of the future in America and other countries. The agreement we have reached puts us much closer, in geopolitical and energy terms, to Asia. This is in addition to others we have made, including with Uzbekistan, which we are going to help develop hydrogen to reduce, once and for all, its dependence on (Russian) gas.
