Off-grid opportunities and sustainability in Indonesia:Sumba Iconic Island: 100% renewable energy by 2025

Sandra Winarsa, Project Manager Green Energy (Sumba),

HIVOS Southeast Asia

Sumba Iconic Island100% renewable energy by 2025An initiative of the 2010 Indonesia-Netherlands Joint Working Group on Energy

Sandra Winarsa, Project Manager Green Energy (Sumba)

Solar & Off-Grid Renewables Southeast Asia, 25 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”

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%

• 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 sectorlocal civil society

multilateralsINGOs 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/off

2.Hydro – grid/communal

3.Solar PV – grid/communal/off

grid

4.Grid extension & integration

5.Small-scale hydropower

6.Household biogas

7.Improved cooking stoves

8.Biofuels – new feedstocks

9.Biomass gasification

10.Biogas waste streams

11.Technical assistance

12.Capacity building

• 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 MW

Installed: 12 unit Microhydro/ 3.421 KW

2. Storage Pump Hydropower

Potential : 8.5 MW

Installed : 0 unit

3. Solar Power

Potential: 10 MW

Installed (since 2012):

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

KWp

- 14,829 unit (panel) /439 KWp

- 3 unit Solar powered water pump/6,6 KW

4. Windpower

Potential: 10 MW

Installed: 100 unit/50 KW

5. Biomass

Potential: 10 MW

Installed: 1 unit/ 30 KW

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 37% in 4 years

• PLN, independent producers: Increased hydro capacity

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

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

• MEMR: 1MW biomass plant (in preparation 2015-2016)

• PLN: Grid extensions and improvements

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

Isolated gridsVillage grid

shop

MHP

Virtual grid extension

by battery driven lighting

wiring range walking distance range

4 - 6 km 1.5 km

• Only 154 of 352 villages in Sumba are electrified

• Community-based solutions

• Micro-hydros

• Revitalization of broken mini-grid

• Strengthen community capacity for OM

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

• Schools electrification with

charging station extended

services

Economic development• Increased yields from irrigation and organic fertilizers

• Improved options for post-harvest processing and handling

• Sector development in biogas, biomass, etc.

• Power in communities for productive use and micro-enterprises

• Improved grid reliability provides new commercial opportunities

Key factors – ways to move forward• Robust improvements towards existing policies to attract investment

• Creates enabling environment for small renewable business development (micro IPPs)

• Removing barriers for 2020 roadmap acceleration

• Strengthen and continuing building capacity of local stakeholders

• Promoting gender balance active participation

• Addressing people’s energy needs beyond lighting

• Replicable concept aligned with stakeholder interests in other islands

www.sumbaiconicisland.org

Thank you