Two Banten Geothermal Areas Encouraged by Local Economic Movement

“Indonesia is the number one country in the world that has geothermal resources. "We are number one, but in implementation we are number two, America is still number one," he said. said Bahlil when opening IIGCE 2026 at JICC, Wednesday, August 19 2026.

Apart from investment certainty, geothermal projects face challenges of exploration, licensing, community acceptance and long development times. Regional governments are considered to have an important role because the project has direct contact with the area and local communities.

The Banten Provincial Government hopes that geothermal development can strengthen energy security while creating new economic activities around the project area. However, these benefits depend on certainty of implementation, environmental protection and community involvement from the planning stage. (ed)

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GARIS EARTH processed this news from information and data published by the Banten Provincial Government and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.