Tata Power consortium wins Indonesia bid

In Indonesia, a group led India’s largest integrated private power company, Tata Power, said that the consortium that includes Origin Energy and PT Supraco Indonesia were the successful bidder for the Sorik Marapi geothermal project in Northern Sumatra. The project is believed to hold an estimated 240MW of geothermal generation capacity. The consortium will do detailed exploration over the next 18 months and expects commercial operation for the project to begin in June 2015. Tata Power is also reportedly looking to tap geothermal resources in India itself, but where was not clear.