Sumba Iconic Island 100% renewable energy An initiative of the 2010 Indonesia-Netherlands Joint Working Group on Energy

Adi Lagur, Field Coordinator (Sumba Iconic Island)

Smart Villages Island Electricity Workshop – E4SV - Bunaken, 3 – 5 Nov 2015

Our approach:

• Holistic, long-term energy development

• Combined energy access and development

• Inclusive, bottom-up planning

• All technologies, all financial models

• Multi-stakeholder

• Inspirational goals

• Joint vision and ambition, not a fixed plan

“100% renewable energy is possible”

A groundbreaking, globally replicable initiative to provide energy to people and businesses.

Why Sumba? • Remote island, high costs for fossil fuels

• Low density population of 660,000

• High poverty rate: average incomes are ¼ of national average

• Low access to electricity: 24.5%

• 10 MW peak load for grid, diesel

• 36.000 households off grid

• Wide variety of potential renewable energy sources: wind, solar, hydro, biogas and biomass

• Support by provincial, local government and PLN

• Transport links to Jakarta via Bali or Kupang

Government the private sector local civil society

multilaterals INGOs international donors

Progress with

stakeholder engagement • MoUs with MEMR and

regional and local

stakeholders

• Research and feasibility

studies

• Demonstration projects

• Regular stakeholder and

working group meetings

to coordinate policies and

activities

• Creation of formal task

force structure and road

map under MEMR Decree

Roadmap

workstreams

1.Wind power plant – grid

2.Wind power plant – off-grid

3.Biofuels – existing feeds

4.Household systems – off-grid

5.Communal hydro – off-grid

6.Communal PV – off-grid

7.Grid extension & integration

8.Small-scale hydropower

9.Household biogas

10.Improved cooking stoves

11.Biofuels – new feedstocks

12.Biofuels – ethanol

13.Biomass – boiler-turbine

14.Biomass gasification

15.Biogas waste streams

16.Technical assistance

• By August 2014

• Electrification ratio :

~40%

• Renewable

contribution at

energy mix : 10%

(4.87 MW)

Current Achievement

Renewable Energy Potential

1. RoR Hydropower

Potential for RoR Hydropower : 7.1

Megawatt

Installed: 12 unit Microhydro/ 3.421 Kilowatt

2. Storage Pump Hydropower

Potential : 8.5 MW

Installed : 0 unit

3. Solar Power

Potential: 10 Megawatt

Installed (since 2012):

- 39 unit (in community mini-grid)/9,119

Kilowatt Peak

- 14,829 unit (panel) /439 Kilowatt Peak

- 3 unit Solar powered water pump/6,6

Kilowatt

4. Windpower

Potential: 10 Megawatt

Installed: 100 unit/50 Kilowatt

5. Biomass

Potential: 10 Megawatt

Installed: 1 unit/ 30 Kilowatt started

in 2013.

6. Biogas

Potential: 8,962,870 m2

Installed: 1173 unit/ 7946 m3 (since

2009)

* Based on research data by Hivos, ADB and M&E

rapid assessment report 2011-2014

On-grid activities

• Electrification ratio increased from 24% to ~40% in 4 years

• PLN, independent producers: Increased hydro capacity

• BPPT: 500kW centralized solar PV system in West Sumba

• Sewatama, Hivos, Danida: 850kW wind turbine (in preparation)

• MEMR: 1MW biomass plant and 1 MW wind (in preparation 2015-

2016)

• PLN: Grid extensions and improvements

• Feasibility studies for pumped water storage options by AFD/CR

Isolated grids Village grid

shop

MHP

Virtual grid extension

by battery driven lighting

wiring range walking distance range

4 - 6 km 1.5 km

virtual grid extension by battery driven lighting

• Only 154 of 352 villages in Sumba are electrified

• Community-based solutions

• Micro-hydros

• Revitalization of broken mini-grid

• Extension of grid connection

Off grid

• PLN’s solar home systems

(SEHEN): good penetration, but

need to ensure sustainability

• ‘Energy kiosks’ providing sales

and extension services

• Domestic biogas from

Hivos/SNV for clean cooking

and high quality, affordable

fertilizer

• Solar PV irrigation pumps for

farmers’ groups

Economic development

• Increased yields from irrigation and organic fertilizers

• Improved options for post-harvest processing and handling

• Sector development in biogas

• Power in communities for productive use and micro-

enterprises

• Improved grid reliability provides new commercial

opportunities

Case Study – Corn Shelling

Case Study – Flour Grinding

Case Study – Rice Hulling

Key factors – ways to move forward • Acceleration to reach new 2020 target

• Changes and improvements to existing policies to attract investment

• Roadmap revision against new target

• Removing barriers for action

• Not just energy for electricity production, but energy access

• Addressing people’s energy needs beyond lighting

• Replicable concept aligned with stakeholder interests in other islands

Thank you