Sustainability Challenge of Micro Hydro Power Development in Indonesia

2nd International Conference on Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Agricultural Production

Didik, H.^1 ; Bambang, P.N.^2 ; Asep, S.^3 ; Purwanto, Y.A.^2

Study Program of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia^1

Department of Mechanical and Biosystem Engineering, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia^2

Department of Civil and Environmental, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia^3

关键词: Design and construction;    Institutional support;    Microhydro power plants;    Operation and maintenance;    Renewable energy development;    Renewable energy projects;    Solar Photovoltaic (SPV);    Sustainability issues;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/147/1/012031/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/147/1/012031

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Rural electrification using renewable energy is the best choice for many locations that far away from national grid. Many renewable energy project have been built for rural electrification such as micro hydro power plant (MHPP) and solar photovoltaic (SPV). Sustainability still the main challenge of off-grid renewable energy development for off-grid rural electrification in Indonesia. The objective of this paper is to review sustainability of micro hydro power development in Indonesia. The research method was done by field observation, interview with MHPP management, and reviewing some research about MHPP in Indonesia. Sustainability issues include various aspects that can be classified into 5 dimensions: technical, economic, socio-cultural, institutional, and environmental. In technical factors that lead to sustainability problem are: improper MHPP design and construction, improper operation and maintenance, availability of spare parts and expertise. In the economic dimension are generally related to: low electricity tariff and utilization of MHPP for productive use. In the social dimension are: the growth of consumer's load exceeding the capacity, reduced number of consumers, lack of external institutional support. In the institutional side, it is generally related to the ability of human resources in managing, operating and maintaining of MHPP. Environmental factors that lead the sustainability problems of MHPP are: scarcity of water discharge, conflict of water resources, land conversion over the watershed, and natural disasters.