WSHPDR_2013_Final_Report-updated_version
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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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