In a comprehensive partnership the US and Indonesia have launched the “Green Prosperity Project”, a US$332.5 million program to promote economic development in rural parts in Indonesia.
The program will be open for proposals from businesses, NGOs and the government, for projects in the renewable energy sector.
“Indonesia has a huge potential for geothermal energy production more than any other country in the world,” said US Ambassador Scot Marciel in a public lecture at Atma Jaya University on Monday.
Marciel said that cooperation on environmental issues was an important part of US-Indonesia ties. As the world’s third and fourth most populous nations, he noted, the US and Indonesia were big emitters of greenhouse gasses.
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