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Medco Power kicks off drilling for 110MW geothermal plant
Medco Power Indonesia has started drilling geothermal wells for its plant in the Blawan Ijen volcano complex in East Java.
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Workers oversee drilling of the first geothermal well for Medco Power Indonesia's 110MW plant near the Ijen volcano in East Java. (Medco Power Indonesia/Medco Power Indonesia)
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ower producer PT Medco Power Indonesia (MPI) has started drilling geothermal wells for its plant in the Blawan Ijen volcano complex in East Java.
Medco Power said on Wednesday that it would drill a total of four wells, two of which would be finished this year. The wells will power a 110 megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant – a mid-sized facility compared to other geothermal plants in Indonesia. Medco Power expects the plant to start operations between 2022 and 2023.
The power producer, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s eighth-most productive oil company, publicly listed PT Medco Energi Internasional (MEDC), has already secured a 30-year power purchase agreement for the geothermal plant with state-owned electricity company PLN.
Medco Power president director Eka Satria said the company was committed to developing geothermal plants “following the previous project for the 330MW Sarulla geothermal plant in North Tapanuli.”
The Sarulla plant is Indonesia’s second-largest geothermal power plant, after the 376MW Salak plant in West Java.
Medco controls a 51 percent stake in the Blawan Ijen project while the remaining 49 percent are held by PT Ormat Geothermal Power, which acquired the stake late last year.
