Social considerations in geothermal development in Indonesia

Abstract

Social and environmental issues have been growing up, and it has become a concern of geothermal’s stakeholders. Mitigations and monitoring of social impact assessment are required to comply with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) and international financial institution. The evaluation of ESIA consists of four phases of geothermal assessment activity, which are a pre-construction stage, construction stage, operational stage and post operational stage. The GOI sets the standard of environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) and Environmental Audit (“in Bahasa PROPER”) prior the project commenced and during the operation stage. This paper focuses on social mitigation in Ulubelu Geothermal Project and Kamojang Operational geothermal field development to determine the necessities of community development near geothermal activity. Geothermal innovation is required to build harmonious relation and community investment around geothermal field development. Proper social approach within the geothermal field development creates a positive effect for running the geothermal organization efficiently and sustainably.