JAKARTA -- Geothermal power development is heating up in Indonesia, as local and Japanese companies boost plant capacity amid government plans to improve energy self-sufficiency by capitalizing on the world's second-largest geothermal reserves.
Jakarta aims to triple nation's capacity with eye on energy self-sufficiency

A company backed by Japan's Sumitomo Corp. is increasing generation capacity at a geothermal plant in West Sumatra. (Photo by Tomoyoshi Oshikiri)
JAKARTA -- Geothermal power development is heating up in Indonesia, as local and Japanese companies boost plant capacity amid government plans to improve energy self-sufficiency by capitalizing on the world's second-largest geothermal reserves.