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Ambon,
Maluku (ANTARA News) - The ministry of public works will build a micro hydro
power plant in Hukurilla village, South Leitimur sub district, Ambon city,
Maluku province with a capacity of 3.30 KiloWatt, a local official said here
Tuesday.
Guntar
Maha, an official of the Maluku River Center for Raw Water Commitment, said the
power plant would be a pilot project using renewable energy, namely the
watershed of Way Rupa.
The project
would be built in Hukurilla village because the village was close to the Way
Rupa river which had potential discharge and height differences that would be
turned into micro-hydro energy sources, he said.
According
to Guntar, the construction of the micro-hydro power plant project required the
clearing of land and procurement of such things as turbines, concrete wire,
tranquilizer tank, pillars for supporting concrete pipes, house plants and
channel release.
The project
would be located 20 kilometers from Ambon city and be inaugurated by Public
Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto who also would attend the 18th Annual Scientific
Meeting (PIT) of the Indonesian Hydraulic Engineers Association (HATHI) on
October 28 to 30, 2011, Guntar said.
The project
would also include the building of a one-kilometer-long transmission network
from the waterfall`s location to Hukurilla beach which had a population of 147
households or 623 people.
Thus the
project would also support the development of maritime tourism in Hukurilla
which has a beach with coral panorama, underwater caves and various types of
reef fish that make it an ideal dive site for domestic and foreign tourists, he
added.
"We
will involve staff from the Public Works Research and Development Agncy in
Bandung to build the micro-hydro power plant Hukurilla. Similar plants would be
developed in other areas in Maluku which have waterfalls with water flows and
high difference potential," said Guntar.
The goal
was to reach areas that do not have electricity from State-owned Electricity
Company (PT PLN) of Maluku and North Maluku region.
Micro-hydro
power plants use the potentials of waterfalls to generate electricity.
The
objective was to provide environmentally friendly electric power at low
operating and maintenance costs in order to improve the quality of life and
fostering the economic growth of the rural communities, Guntar said.
Editor: Suryanto
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