The West Java provincial administration plans to conduct geothermal explorations in eleven points in West Java, Governor Ahmad Heryawan said here Tuesday.
The provincial administration was now conducting a preliminary survey at the eleven locations.
Heryawan said the geothermal energy potential of the eleven points in the survey was quite large.
As a first step, the West Java provincial administration is currently conducting the geothermal pre-exploration at three points, namely in Papadayan, Cermai and Gede Pangrango mountains.
“[The pre-exploration mining work] at the three points will soon be tendered,” the Governor said.
According to him, the provincial administration is waiting for a license from the ministry of energy and mineral resources (EMR) to conduct the pre-exploration for geothermal energy at the three points.
“But [eventually], we will conduct a geothermal preliminary survey at all eleven points,” the Governor Heryawan noted.
Regarding the plan to make regional regulations on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Heryawan confirmed that the provincial administration planned to make the regulations.
According to him, the law-making process of CSR is still in the form of an academic paper.
It is planned that, through the regional regulations, the provincial administration would become a facilitator to coordinate among regions.
“During this [time], the CSR program will be managed by individual companies. In the future we want to arrange for the good distribution. If it is managed well, and the CSR programs are conducted through mutual cooperation, this will facilitate the utilization,” Heryawan explained.
In the near future, the local administration is only a facilitator, and other parties, such as specialized agencies or institutions recruited by the companies, will run the CSR programs.
“If the CSR program is managed by the local administration, it will be effective just in the area, while the other regions will miss out,” Heryawan said.
This article has been edited from its original version.
