Geothermal Potency in Indonesia
Geothermal Potency in Indonesia
Geothermal Potency in Indonesia
GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY POTENCY IN
INDONESIA
Budi Wirawan (12511012)
WHAT IS GEOTHERMAL
Geothermal Gradient
Depth vs Temperature
Halmahera
Sumatra
Tambora
(1815)
Krakatau
(1883)
Krakatoa, orKrakatau(Indonesian:Krakatau), is avolcanic islandsituated in the
Sunda Straitbetween the islands ofJavaandSumatrainIndonesia. The name is also
used for the surrounding island group and thevolcanoesas a whole. The Krakatoa
volcanoeserupted and explodedin 1883, causing massivetsunamisand killing at
least 36,417 people, while simultaneously destroying over two-thirds of Krakatoa
island. The explosion is considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern
history, with reports of it being heard up to 3,000 miles (4,800km) from its point of
origin. Theshock wavesfrom the explosion were recorded onbarographsaround the
globe.
Currently, what had been the northernmost of the three pre-1883 Krakatoa
volcanoes,Perboewatan, has re-emerged from the ocean, and is the principal force in
the on-going formation of a new island,Anak Krakatau, or "Child of Krakatoa.
32 C
21 C
10 C
-6 C
21 C
10 C
Produces Electricity
Geothermal energy - Earth heat - can
be found anywhere in the world. But
the high-temperature energy that is
needed
to
drive
electric
generation stations is found in
relatively few places.
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Geothermal Energy
in Indonesia
Geothermal power in Indonesiais an
increasingly
significant
source
of
renewable energy. As a result of
itsvolcanicgeology,Indonesiahas 40%
of the world's potentialgeothermal
resources,
estimated
at
[1]
28,000megawatts(MW).
Currently Indonesia is the world's third
largestgeothermal
electricityproducer
after
the
United Statesand
thePhilippines.
Installed production capacity (2011) is
almost 1,200MW from six geothermal
fields
inJava,
NorthSumatraand
NorthSulawesi.[2]In 2007, geothermal
energy represented 1.9% of the country's
total energy supply and 3.7% of its
electric power