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The ASEAN Hydropower Competence Centre (HYCOM)<br />

in Bandung facilitates ASEAN-wide knowledge<br />

exchanges on mini and micro hydropower (1 kW to 1<br />

MW). The objective of HYCOM is to provide an<br />

ASEAN-wide competence centre, offering training as<br />

well as facilitating research and development to the<br />

small hydropower sector. It has implementing<br />

partners (i.e. PT Entec Indonesia and Technical<br />

Education Development Centre, Bandung) and<br />

supporting partners i.e. the Swiss Renewable Energy<br />

and Energy Efficiency Promotion in International<br />

Cooperation, the Renewable Energy Support Program<br />

for ASEAN, the ASEAN Centre for Energy and Deutsche<br />

Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit<br />

(GIZ). 7 It is involved in training activities on standards,<br />

laboratory testing of micro hydropower equipment<br />

with regard to reliability, safety and efficiency,<br />

support for the development of mini hydropower sites<br />

and networking and exchange of micro hydropower<br />

related information. 7<br />

Renewable energy policy<br />

The renewable energy target of the country is 25 per<br />

cent. The Government pays attention to its<br />

development and has passed laws and regulations to<br />

prioritize and promote it. These include the National<br />

Energy Policy 30/2007, the Electricity Law 30/2009<br />

and the ministerial decrees on Distributed Power<br />

Generation and Renewable Energy and Energy<br />

Conservation. 5<br />

Legislation on small hydropower<br />

The electricity generated using renewable energy,<br />

especially small hydropower, is to be bought by the<br />

state-electricity company at an agreed fix price. 2<br />

Barriers to small hydropower development<br />

Structural and policy-related barriers: lack of<br />

standardization of procedures and technical codes,<br />

non-standardized procedures to obtain power<br />

purchase agreements, lack of technical support to<br />

interconnect small hydropower to the grid. No<br />

consistent and transparent governmental policy<br />

supporting renewable energy development in<br />

place. Absence of subsidies or any other financial<br />

incentives supporting renewable energy<br />

development.<br />

Barriers related to technical and institutional<br />

capacities: insufficient stakeholder involvement<br />

during project selection, planning, and<br />

implementation. Lack or poor quality of preinvestment<br />

financial evaluations. Technical<br />

problems resulting from poor design and<br />

construction quality (civil, mechanical, and<br />

electrical) are also common. Local equipment<br />

design and manufacturing capability is limited, and<br />

is mostly concentrated on Java. Imported small<br />

hydropower equipment is expensive and spare<br />

parts are often difficult to obtain. There are no<br />

mechanisms in place (i.e. product liability, quality<br />

assurance, technical control institution) that<br />

warrant the quality of small hydropower<br />

equipment.<br />

Plant operation and maintenance is often<br />

haphazard, with little preventative action.<br />

Financing mechanisms are either unavailable or<br />

difficult to locate.<br />

Barriers related to awareness and dissemination of<br />

information: many institutions and decision<br />

makers are not aware of the possibilities for small<br />

hydropower development. As a result,<br />

conventional energy options are preferred. Basic<br />

data (maps, surveys, hydrology, and geology)<br />

needed for project evaluation is often missing or<br />

difficult to obtain, especially for more remote<br />

regions. A frequently <strong>updated</strong> and easily accessible<br />

inventory with potential small-scale hydropower<br />

sites was inexistent in 2012. Potential project<br />

developers therefore often have to take a lengthy<br />

way through many institutions to identify<br />

investment opportunities. At the same time,<br />

attractive sites may remain undeveloped, because<br />

they are unknown.<br />

References<br />

1. Central Intelligence Agency (2012). The World<br />

Factbook. Available from<br />

www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/.<br />

2. Suryo Busono, Indonesia Agency for the Assessment<br />

and Application of Technology (2012). Survey by<br />

International Center on Small Hydro Power answered<br />

in March.<br />

3. Differ Group (2012). The Indonesian electricity<br />

system: A brief overview. 6 February 2012. Available<br />

from<br />

www.differgroup.com/Portals/53/images/Indonesia_<br />

overall_FINAL.pdf.<br />

4. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische<br />

Zusammenarbeit (2009). Energy-policy Framework<br />

Conditions for Electricity Markets and Renewable GTZ<br />

www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/gtz2009-en-ternaindonesia.pdf.<br />

Accessed December 2012.<br />

5. Muksin and Syufrizal (2007). The potential of<br />

energy and hydropower development in Indonesia.<br />

Training Workshop on Small Hydropower<br />

Technologies. Hangzhou. 2 November to 11<br />

December.<br />

6. Gesellschaft fuer International Zusammenarbeit<br />

(2011). Energy Newsletter, Issue no. 17, March.<br />

Available from www.endev-indonesia.or.id.<br />

7. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (n.d.). Hydro<br />

Competence Centre. Available from www.hycom.info.<br />

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