Jakarta, April 14 -- The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is keen to develop Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province as a geothermal island.

"Hopefully, God willing, we can make Flores a geothermal island considering the extraordinary supply of geothermal (energy) there," the ministry's director general of new, renewable energy, and energy conservation, Eniya Listiani Dewi, said on Monday.

She delivered the remarks at a press conference on the 11th Indonesia International Geothermal Convention and Exhibition (IIGCE) 2025 in Jakarta.

She said that geothermal is the only form of renewable energy that can be utilized to replace diesel fuel in Flores.

She then listed other possible renewable energy sources, such as hydroelectric pow...