Kamojang, popularly known as Kawah Kamojang or (the Kamojang

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), is a

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field and tourist spot in

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. The crater is located in sub-district ( ''kecamatan'') Ibun in the

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, approximately 45 km to the southeast of

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through the towns of Majalaya and Ibun. The crater can also be reached from the opposite direction through the town of

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, in

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(the distance by road from Garut to the northwest through the township of Samarang is around 25 km). The volcano that the crater is located on is Mount Guntur but the crater itself is listed as an active volcano of Indonesia because of its geothermal activities.

Geothermal activities

There is a long history of interest in the possibility of developing the geothermal potential of the Kamojang region. The first geothermal wells in Indonesia were drilled at Kamojang in 1926 by the Dutch colonial government. The current geothermal field is on the slopes of Mt Guntur, about 7 km to the west of the peak of the mountain. There are four operating geothermal generating units with a capacity of 200 MW. The fourth unit began operation in January 2013. A fifth unit with a planned capacity of 35 MW was contracted in October 2013 with estimated construction completion by July 2015. Kamojang is the site of the first modern geothermal site in Indonesia, commissioned by former president Soeharto in January 1983. The 5 current units, with a capacity of 235 MW, are owned and operated by PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, a subsidiary of Indonesia's major state-owned companies, ''PT

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''.Pertamina, PLN to jointly develop power plants'
, ''The Jakarta Post'', 11 August 2000.

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Geothermal activities

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