Djibouti
As a pilot project for the GGDP, ESMAP has agreed to provide analytical and grant support to the Djibouti Geothermal Power Generation Program. Through ESMAP’s US$1.1 million funding (3.5% of total project cost), the Djibouti Geothermal Power Generation Program is the first project of the GGDP that has been appraised. By providing significant support, ESMAP will draw a number of lessons from implementation of this project to help other similar efforts.
Indonesia
Previously, in Indonesia, ESMAP supported a lessons-learned study of the World Bank’s multi-year collaboration with national geothermal developer PGE on two projects. These projects, as well as having the potential to power up to 1 million new electricity connections, also hold important lessons for other developing countries just starting to tap their geothermal resources.
Geothermal Potential in Central America
ESMAP has also published Drilling Down on Geothermal: An Assessment for Central America that showed the region has total geothermal potential of between 3,000 and 15,000 MW (current installed capacity is less than 500 MW). Moreover, geothermal power is also cost-competitive in Central America when compared to thermal and hydropower generation.
Contact: Almudena Mateos Merino