The Flores Island of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is a favorite tourist destination, and yet infrastructure in the said region remains severely lacking. As of 2018, the electricity ratio in NTT was a meager 57 percent, which the lowest in the entire country. The people of NTT has mostly relied on generators supplied by the state-owned PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is mindful of this condition. They’ve been pushing for the development of geothermal, solar, and hydro power plants. The NTT’s potential for geothermal is particularly promising.
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