Stakeholder Workshop – Strategic Environmental Assessment on Geothermal

The Stakeholder Workshop “Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on Geothermal Energy Development” is one among several activity program under Work Package 1.08. of GeoCap Project. The agenda held in Santika Hotel, Depok, West Java on 25^th – 27^th May, 2016.

 Objective

Derived from the above, the Geothermal Capacity Development (GEOCAP) initiates to conduct a Stakeholder Workshop of SEA on GTE. The Geocap Program is a bilateral program amongst Indonesia and The Netherlands, that engaged with at least 9 institutions, i.e., University of Utrecht, ITC-University of Twente, Universitas Indonesia, TNO Innovation for Life, Universitas Gadjah Mada, IF Technology, Institute Technology Bandung, DNV-GL Organization and Indonesian Geothermal Association. The program was funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional Indonesia (Bappenas).

The main objective of the program is to disseminate SEA on GTE to stakeholder involved and getting feedback/input/remarks for the upcoming ToT Material on SEA on GTE that will be held on September, 2016. The stakeholder in diverse levels should have common understanding on how to carry out the SEA, therefore, via this stakeholder workshop, the content of the Training of Trainers SEA on GTE should have been reviewed at first.

 Designed Program

The workshop content are as follow:

1. Day 1. Overview of Energy Sector, GTE, and SEA in Indonesia
   1. Overview of Energy Sector and GTE
   2. Introduction of SEA
   3. SEA Practice in Indonesia
2. Day 2. Method of SEA in GTE & Exercise
   1. Scoping
   2. Opportunities and Risks (Impact Analysis)
3. Day 3. Discussion
   1. Alternatives strategies (Mitigation Measurement)
   2. Recommendation
   3. Quality Assurance

The workshop is actually consist of several session as noted above, with Joan Loijen (UT), Triarko Nurlambang (UI), Dyah R. Hizbaron (UGM) and Dwi Nurcahyadi (UI), also Raymond Nijmeijer (UT) as trainer. An additional session added by Yunus Daud (INAGA/API) representing the Indonesian Mining Association).

The idea of the workshop is actually to increase capacity strategic environmental assessment on geothermal energy development at strategic level. As we know, Indonesia had undergone a very dynamic progress upon geothermal (GTE) energy production and consumption. By 2005, 27.000 Megawatt or 27 GWe (40% out of total earth crust’s released in Indonesia), distributed among 33 working-area for mining or “wilayah kerja pertambangan (WKP)” and 28 suggested-working-area for mining. By 2010, there are 256 geothermal potential locations across Indonesia surrounding by proximately 29 new potential locations – 2.795 Mw. Currently there are existing 7 operated locations (1196 Mw) are Darajat (260Mw), Dieng (60 Mw), Kamojang (200 Mw), Gunung Salak (377 Mw), Sibayak (12 Mw), Lahendong (60 Mw) and Wayang Windu (227 Mw). Updated version from Ministry of Energy and Mining Resources, national GTE potential is utilized up to 4.5% or equal to 1.3 GW recently. Meanwhile, national energy policy aiming at 23% renewable energy development by 2025, gaining 7.12% contribution from GTE or equal to 7.210 MW. By 2025, it is projected there will be 9.500 Mw GTE Power Plant Installations to improve GTE capacity in Indonesia.

Bearing such endeavor, Indonesia have concentrated not only to provide hard infrastructure, but also to improve its soft mechanism, especially those related to environmental protection and balancing the social economic enhancement to local communities. As mandated from the Law No. 32/2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management also Ministry of Environment (MoE) Regulation No. 9/2011 concerning General Guidelines of Strategic Environmental Assessment, Indonesian Government should generate a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The SEA is a mechanism to integrate any environmental and sustainability issues into strategic options onto the development process. In terms of GTE, we have several identifiable issues that need a strategic alternative option to support the development process, such as:

1. Resource depletion and environmental degradation remain occur
2. Increasing Intensive development and multiplier development Impacts consequences; tend to uncontrolled and greater development risk
3. Minimum infrastructure to support optimum production of GTE
4. Remaining low institution capabilities and un-easy to have strong stakeholders (actors) engagement in handling sustainable development issues
5. Lacking of conceptual and technical understanding towards SEA concept at different levels.

 Participants:

1. Central government:
   1. National Board for Development Planning
   2. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource
   3. Ministry of Environment and Forestry
   4. Ministry of Home Affairs
   5. Ministry of Agraria and Spatial Plan
2. Regional government:
   1. Regional Board for Development Planning
   2. Local Environmental Office
   3. Energy and Mineral Resource Office
   4. PPE (Ecoregion)
3. NGOs and Professionals
   1. Jatam
   2. Walhi

4. Community Leader (Tokoh Masyarakat) and Academics (UPI & UNPAD)