Two Banten Geothermal Areas Encouraged by Local Economic Movement

“The Banten Provincial Government fully supports geothermal development as part of a national strategic project. "We continue to approach and communicate with local communities so that the development process runs smoothly and the benefits can be felt by the community," he said. Ari said.

The two areas that are of concern to the Banten Provincial Government are the Banten Lake Caldera/Rawa Lake Geothermal Working Area and the Mount Endut Geothermal Working Area.

Banten Lake Caldera is in an area related to Mount Karang, Mount Pulosari, and Rawa Danau. Meanwhile, Mount Endut is in Lebak Regency. The stages and progress of development of each region are not explained in detail in the Banten Provincial Government's statement.

Assistant for Economy and Development at the Regional Secretariat of Banten Province, Budi Santoso, said that discussions on geothermal development were being carried out with the Indonesian Geothermal Association at IIGCE 2026.

The forum discussed renewable energy development, regulations, investment, licensing and local government involvement in geothermal projects.

Based on data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources presented in the same forum, Indonesia has geothermal potential of 23,202.77 megawatts. The installed capacity reaches 2,776.39 megawatts. Thus, around 88.4 percent of the potential has not yet been developed.

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said the size of these resources was not commensurate with the realization of their use.