Japan boosting investments in Indonesia’s energy sector

Geothermal energy will receive special attention.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa said Japan is committed to increasing its investment in the Indonesian energy sector. He said investment opportunities in the energy sector abound in geothermal, wind, solar and biomass energy.

"The development of geothermal energy needs huge investment and that almost all Japanese investments in the geothermal sector will be involved, such as those in Lampung, South Sumatra, and North Sumatra," he said.

"I want the private sector to get involved in it so that it will not burden the government and rely on debts. The state budget funds and loans should be used to develop rural infrastructures, irrigation networks, dams and water reservoirs."