EBTKE, NEDO sign MoU on smart communities
Monday, July 15 2013 - 06:22 AM WIB
The energy and mineral resources ministry?s new, renewable energy and energy conservation (EBTKE) Director General Rida Mulyana and the executive director of new energy and industrial technology development organization (NEDO) of Japan, Hiroshi Kuniyoshi, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the project of smart communities in Suryacipta City industrial parks in Karawang, West Java.
Rida said during the signing ceremony in Jakarta on Monday that the joint project cooperation between Indonesia and Japan will also involve private companies such as Sumitomo Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric, Fuji Electric, NTT Communications, Suryacipta City of Industry, and the state utility PT PLN.
According to him, the cooperation is part of the government?s efforts to implement an efficient energy use in industry. ?This is NEDO?s first smart community demonstration project in Asia,? he added.
He said that the energy efficiency should be pursued in order to control the rate of energy consumption. ?The energy demand in Indonesia is relatively high with the average growth rate of around 7 percent per year. It is due to the economic growth of around 6.1 percent and population growth of 1.1 per year,? he said, adding that a study has shown that the energy consumption in Indonesia is not efficient.
According to him, by targeting the industrial consumers, which consume most of the total power generated, potential power saving could reach between 10 to 30 percent. ?So, the challenge is to realize an efficiency in power consumption, and to provide high quality energy,? he said.
He noted that through the demonstration project, they will promote the smart communities as a model for a smart and ecological industrial estate.
The demonstration project will feature three main technologies. The first one is the technology for stabilizing electricity quality, consisting of a distribution automation system (DAS), uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system, and a equipment to stabilize installed voltage.
The second one is an energy management system to monitor the energy conservation and regulating demand and supply , by applying the demand side management system (DSM) to control power demand, in combination with the factory energy management system (FEMS/ EMS ).
The third one is ICT platform as common base, a high quality infrastructure to be implemented in an industrial estate, to build the information communication technology (ICT) platform for the realization of technology for stabilizing electricity quality and energy conservation.
Editing by Benget Besalicto ST