THE Wae Sano Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP) project in West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, is an example of ill-prepared development. In the midst of a climate crisis, seeking and providing new, renewable energy with geothermal as a replacement for polluting fossil fuels is laudable, but over and above all, development has the need to always place communities first.

Through Geo Dipa Energi and Sarana Multi Infrastruktur, the govern