TY - JOUR
T1 - A Challenge for Sustainable Electrification, Respecting the Local Tradition in Ciptagelar Village, West Java, Indonesia
T2 - 4th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering, CPESE 2017
AU - Sato, Tatsuro
AU - Ide, Jun'Ichiro
AU - Isa, M. Alhaqurahman
AU - Rahadian, Faisal
AU - Fujimoto, Tokihiko
AU - Shimatani, Yukihiro
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Program for Leading Graduate Schools (Graduate Education and Research Training Program in Decision Science for a Sustainable Society), JSPS, and a grant from JST-RISTEX for Future Earth Study, Japan. We would like to acknowledge members of the Dinas ESDM-Jabar and AHB for their kind cooperation during the field survey. The authors also extend sincere thanks to the Ciptagelar community.
Funding Information:
As the village is located along the boundary of Gunung Halimun National Park, power supply from Perusahaan As the village is located along the boundary of Gunung Halimun National Park, power supply from Perusahaan Listrik Negarandonesian (PLN, the Indonesian government-owned power company) has been restricted. Therefore, Listrik Negarandonesian (PLN, the Indonesian government-owned power company) has been restricted. Therefore, under the support of donors including the local government, NGOs, and the Japan International Co-operation under the support of donors including the local government, NGOs, and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), four MHPPs (Maximum outputs: 10, 30, 40 and 45 kW) have been installed to supply electricity to Agency (JICA), four MHPPs (Maximum outputs: 10, 30, 40 and 45 kW) have been installed to supply electricity to households. The generated electricity is used for basic modern human needs, such as lighting that replaces oil lamps, households. The generated electricity is used for basic modern human needs, such as lighting that replaces oil lamps, watching television, and charging mobile phone batteries. Indeed, the generated electricity has already become an watching television, and charging mobile phone batteries. Indeed, the generated electricity has already become an essential part of people’s lives. However, as of March 2016, two of the four MHPPs (30 and 40 kW) were out of essential part of people’s lives. However, as of March 2016, two of the four MHPPs (30 and 40 kW) were out of operation due to disasters such as large floods, landslides, and thunder storms caused by extreme weather conditions. operation due to disasters such as large floods, landslides, and thunder storms caused by extreme weather conditions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable modern energy is a key challenge in reducing poverty in developing countries. Off-grid rural electrification based on decentralized renewable energy has been recognized as an effective way to increase access to energy in remote areas. However, there is some doubt about its long-term sustainability. Previous studies have indicated that once renewable energy generation facilities are installed, the responsibility for operation and maintenance is often handed over to the local community, and, eventually, the project fails because of a lack of maintenance budget. This paper discusses issues related to the sustainability of MHP-based rural electrification as a case study in a remote village in West Java, Indonesia, that is deeply steeped local traditions. A complementary approach between the community and a private company was introduced to improve the economic sustainability of MHPPs while simultaneously conserving local traditions and livelihoods.
AB - Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable modern energy is a key challenge in reducing poverty in developing countries. Off-grid rural electrification based on decentralized renewable energy has been recognized as an effective way to increase access to energy in remote areas. However, there is some doubt about its long-term sustainability. Previous studies have indicated that once renewable energy generation facilities are installed, the responsibility for operation and maintenance is often handed over to the local community, and, eventually, the project fails because of a lack of maintenance budget. This paper discusses issues related to the sustainability of MHP-based rural electrification as a case study in a remote village in West Java, Indonesia, that is deeply steeped local traditions. A complementary approach between the community and a private company was introduced to improve the economic sustainability of MHPPs while simultaneously conserving local traditions and livelihoods.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.11.044
DO - 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.11.044
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85039993350
VL - 141
SP - 368
EP - 372
JO - Energy Procedia
JF - Energy Procedia
SN - 1876-6102
Y2 - 24 September 2017 through 28 September 2017
ER -
