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JAYAPURA, Papua, Jan 11, 2010 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- Cenderawaih State University (Uncen) will build a renewable energy research in Papua under an Indonesia-Dutch cooperation scheme.
This was disclosed by coordinator of a Technical Working Group for capacity development and strengthening for energy policy formulation and implementation of sustainable energy projects in Indonesia (CASINDO) Endang Hartiningsih on Sunday.
One of Casindo`s target is Papua, and Cenderawasih State University was chosen as technical team coordinator which will be responsible for each work program implementation.
"The Uncen team will conduct research and training programs like seminars and training on sustainable energy and energy efficiency," Endang who is also a lecturer at the Department of Mineral Engineering at the university.
Research will be on solar, hydro-electric and bio-energy.
"Solar energy is widely used in Papua, especially in the remote areas using solar cells, while hydro power is used for developing micro hydro power," he said.
Meanwhile, the bio-energy that will be studied is energy that comes from processing some parts of crops.
CASINDO has started in 2009 through 2011 as continuation of the project Contributing to poverty alleviation through regional energy planning in Indonesia which ended in 2008.
The CASINDO program which is part of the Indonesia-Dutch energy co-operation, is also conducted in North Sumatra, Central Java, Yogyakarta and West Nusa Tenggara.
CASINDO`s other partners in running the program are the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Technical Education Development Center, Regional Center for Energy Research of University of Muhammadiyah in Yogyakarta, North Sumatra University (USU), University of Mataram (Unram), and Diponegoro University (Undip).
The Dutch research team consists of the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (ECN), Technical University of Eindhoven and the Educational Training Consultants (ETC).
Indonesia's National Energy policy said that in 2025, biofuel plays a bigger role of more than five per cent of the national energy consumption, as stated in Presidential Regulation No.5/2006.
(ANTARA) rw
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