MICROHYDRO POWER PLANT FOR THE COMMUNITY

Abstract

Micro Hydro Power Plant is an implementation of the green energy initiative, which is to encourage renewable energy. The Caturanom village area, Parakan District, Temanggung Regency, Central Java Province has a hydropower source that has not been maximally utilized. Meanwhile, electricity needs for integrated businesses, livestock, fisheries, agriculture, and waste processing require electricity supply. The research objective is to analyze micro hydro power plants that can be used for the operation of a sustainable integrated business. The research method begins with literature study, field study, designing, manufacturing, and testing its performance. The power of the water flow with the head and the amount of water flow has the potential to generate electricity with a cross flow turbine. The results of the research on the installation of micro hydro power plants with a working power of 8.1 [kWatt] with a head of 10 [m]; discharge 126 [liters/second]. Micro-hydro power plants are used to provide cheap and environmentally friendly electrical energy supplies to meet the operational needs, monitoring and control of Integrated Enterprises covering agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, and waste processing. The economic impact caused by the application of this micro-hydro power plant technology is that it is able to increase income, economy and welfare of integrated businesses through lowering production costs, increasing quantity, quality, and competitiveness of horticultural cultivation production. Meanwhile, the social impact caused by Integrated Enterprises and the surrounding community are becoming more concerned with the importance of renewable sources of electrical energy and technology for using clean, environmentally friendly, and sustainable energy.