Jakarta, April 7 -- Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia has tasked state-owned electricity company, PT PLN, with immediately constructing a Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP) with a capacity of 40 megawatts (MW) in Maluku Province.

"The state appoints PLN to carry out this task in order to bring electricity to the people," he noted in a statement on Monday.

The minister conveyed the instruction during a working visit to Ambon on April 5 after reviewing the Load Distribution and Regulation Implementation Unit (UP3B) in Ambon, Maluku Province.

Lahadalia explained that Maluku has a geothermal potential of 40 MW that should be developed immediately.

He emphasized that the PLTP project has been included in the draft of the...