Operation and maintenance of micro-hydropower plants in a remote area of Indonesia: electricity demand-supply conditions and plant operational statuses

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  • SATO Tatsuro
    Disaster Risk Reduction Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • TAKADA Asari
    Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University
  • IDE Jun’ichiro
    Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioscience, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology
  • Isa M. Alhaqurahman
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology
  • ONDA Nariaki
    Tohoku Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
  • Tjia Yen Fei
    Asosiasi Hidro Bandung
  • TAKATA Hiroshi
    Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Sudjono Priana
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology
  • SHIMATANI Yukihiro
    Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

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  • インドネシア遠隔農村における小水力発電所導入後の維持管理に関する変遷−電力需給状況と運営の実態
  • インドネシア遠隔農村における小水力発電所導入後の維持管理に関する変遷 : 電力需給状況と運営の実態
  • インドネシア エンカク ノウソン ニ オケル ショウスイリョク ハツデンショ ドウニュウ ゴ ノ イジ カンリ ニ カンスル ヘンセン : デンリョク ジュキュウ ジョウキョウ ト ウンエイ ノ ジッタイ

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<p>　In Indonesia, electrification of remote villages has been promoted using renewable energy, such as micro-hydropower generation. Nevertheless, no follow-up survey of operations or maintenance of micro-hydropower plants (MHPPs) has been reported after their introduction to the villages. Therefore, the operational status of MHPPs remains unclear. To clarify details of the operational status of MHPPs managed mainly by local residents in the remote village, we investigated the history of the micro-hydropower project, along with the outline, operation, and maintenance of the MHPPs in Ciptagelar village located in mountainous West Java. The four MHPPs in the village were frequently damaged or broken because of human error and natural disasters. They sometimes stopped for long periods. Our calculation of the MHPP operation and maintenance costs and data related to electricity charges revealed that electricity fees collected from residents can cover standard maintenance costs, but are insufficient to allay disaster recovery costs. Output of the MHPPs estimated from flow regimes of the intake river showed an uneven distribution of the available power. These results suggest that a micro-grid system can be effective because it can effectively use surplus electricity and increase the resilience of MHPPs to natural disasters.</p>

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