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Survey of Energy Resources 2007

Peat Country Notes

Indonesia

The peatlands are by far the most extensive in the tropical zone (estimated as up to 270 000 km2) and rank as the third largest in the world: they are located largely in the sub-coastal lowlands of Kalimantan and Sumatra. A feasibility study was carried out between 1985 and 1989 regarding the use of peat for electricity generation in central Kalimantan; no project resulted, but a small peat-fired power plant has operated in southern Sumatra.