The Wayang Windu Geothermal Power Station is the largest
geothermal Geothermal is related to energy and may refer to:
* Geothermal energy, useful energy generated and stored in the Earth
* Geothermal activity, the range of natural phenomena at or near the surface, associated with release of the Earth's internal he ...
power station in
Indonesia
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. The facility utilizes two units, one with 110
MW and the other with 117 MW, with a total installed capacity of 227 MW. The power station is located near the town of
Pangalengan
Pangalengan is a district (''Kecamatan'') in the Bandung Regency, in the West Java Province of Indonesia. It is located south of the major West Java city of Bandung.
Main industries of the Pangalengan district include dairy farming and tourism, ...
, 40 km south of
Bandung
Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...
,
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retrieved 21 August 2010 West Java
West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to t ...
. An estimated cost of US$200 million was incurred in construction and development. A third unit of 127 MW is being planned and expected to be onstream by mid-2013.
The arrangements to establish and operate the Wayang Windu plant were part of the overall policy towards the development of
geothermal energy in Indonesia
Geothermal power in Indonesia is an increasingly significant source of Renewable Energy, renewable energy. As a result of its Volcanism of Indonesia, volcanic geology, it is often reported that Indonesia has 40% of the world's potential geotherma ...
Geothermal field
The area of the Wayang Windu geothermal field is in the order of . This reservoir is liquid-dominated, overlaid by three separate vapour-dominated reservoirs.
Ian Bogie at el.:''Overview of the Wayang Windu geothermal field, West Java, Indonesia'', Science Direct 16 May 2008.
retrieved 21 August 2010
See also
* Geothermal power in Indonesia
Geothermal power in Indonesia is an increasingly significant source of renewable energy. As a result of its volcanic geology, it is often reported that Indonesia has 40% of the world's potential geothermal resources, estimated at 28,000 megawatt ...
* Wayang-Windu
Wayang-Windu is a twin volcano that consists of Mount Wayang (Indonesian: ''Gunung Wayang'', "Mount Shadow") and Mount Windu. They are located just to the east of the town of Pangalengan in the Bandung Regency (''Kabupaten'' or ''District'') in W ...
* List of geothermal power stations
* List of largest power stations in the world
This article lists the largest Electricity generation, power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical Nameplate capacity, capacity. Non-renewable resource, Non-renewable power stations are ...
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