Asians, Africans study hybrid power system in NTT<\/p>\n
Yemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara<\/p>\n
Delegates from at least 15 Asian and African countries are on a
\none-week visit to Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), to study the
\nhybrid power system in Oeledo village, Pante Baru subdistrict.<\/p>\n
Twelve of the delegates, including those from Uganda,
\nCambodia, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Kenya, Bangladesh, Pakistan and
\nThailand, arrived here on Thursday, and the remaining three are
\nscheduled to arrive on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Oeledo is the only village in Indonesia that has developed
\nsuch a hybrid system to generate electricity.<\/p>\n
The system, which uses solar energy combined with wind
\ngeneration, is the latest technology being promoted in developing
\ncountries in Asia and Africa, to offset the high cost of
\nelectricity.<\/p>\n
Susi Katipana, director of the Women in Transition Foundation
\n(Womintra), said on Friday the new electricity system had helped
\nimprove the welfare of villagers in Oeledo.<\/p>\n
The Kupang-based Womintra is a non-governmental organization
\nthat introduced the hybrid power project in the village in 1996.<\/p>\n
Susi said before the hybrid power system was developed in
\nOeledo, there was not enough electricity to meet the needs of
\nlocals.<\/p>\n
"Now the average income of the villagers is more than Rp 1
\nmillion (US$119) per family. It is because they now have
\nelectricity to develop home industries and for other economic
\nactivities," she told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
She said the project was carried out with assistance from
\nJapan and other donors, and that it would eventually be
\nimplemented in other developing countries.<\/p>\n
The hybrid system produces environmentally friendly
\nelectricity at lower costs.<\/p>",
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