As we all may know that renewable energy is increasingly being developed to replace fossil-fueled energy, such as windmill, solar panels, waterfall.  Windmill uses wind energy to create electricity. Solar panels would convert sunlight's energy into electricity as well, or the energy can be used to heat air, water, and other fluids. A waterfall's moving water is able to generate power too. These are some examples in the use of renewable energy, which is a natural resource that never runs out and is constantly replaced.

 

A lot of source of fossil-fueled energy such as oil, gas, and coal is slowly being left. These energies fall under the category of un-renewable energy, which means they will someday come to an end. That is why the world focus is turned to renewable energy, where countries compete to be able to use this renewable energy. It is also happened in Indonesia.  Although Indonesia is well known as one of the largest producer of fossil-fueled, the government has started to build renewable energy from its natural resources.  Indonesian's government itself is optimist to reach the renewable energy target of 23 percent in 2025.

 

Indonesia is currently building its first windmill garden located at Sidenreng Rappang (Sidrap) hill in South Sulawesi.  Since April 2016, the Sidrap wind farm project has been built with an investment of USD150 million. The project consists of 30 ginormous windmills. With a diameter of 57 meters and a height of 137 meters, each windmill has a capacity of 2.5 megawatt (MW) to generate electricity.  Through the overall total of energy 75 MW, the electricity produced from these windmills would be flowed to around 80 thousand households.

 

It is targeted that these windmills are able to operate by the beginning of 2018.  It would be operated commercially through State Electricity Company of South Sulawesi grid.  Currently, the electricity condition in South Sulawesi and West Sulawesi reaches 1,250 MW and in a peak load reaching 1,050 MW. The operations of the windmills are hoped to be able to add the electricity supply in the area.  It is also possibly to export the energy to other districts.

 

 

Source:

-       https://arena.gov.au/about/what-is-renewable-energy/

-       https://www.hipwee.com/feature/intip-yuk-kebun-angin-pembangkit-listrik-pertama-di-indonesia-keren-berasa-kayak-di-eropa/

-       http://ebtke.esdm.go.id/post/2017/09/30/1759/pltb.sidrap.pembangkit.listrik.tenaga.angin.terbesar.di.indonesia

-       http://www.upcrenewables.com/indonesia/news/another-milestone-for-sidrap-wind-farm-project-the-first-specialist-ship-leaves-spain-on-route-to-parepare/

-       http://www.upcrenewables.com/projects/sidrap-75mw-indonesia/

-       https://www.rambuenergy.com/2017/12/indonesia-hopes-to-install-1-8-gw-of-wind-power-by-2025/