SOLAR CELL PROJECT IN WEST PAPUA
Summary
In 2019, Save the World's Forests planned and fully funded a project in West
Papua to assist a forest protection citizen's non-profit group, Papuan People's Network, JERAT. The project was to install a solar electric
system in the group's office.
By purchasing and installing a solar
panel system on the roof of the Papuan People's Network office building,
including an inverter, batteries and wiring, the group would no longer have to
spend their funds on grid electricity, and they would also not be contributing
to deforestation and global warming caused by using electricity generated from
coal. Previous to this project, there were no solar panel systems in this
region of West Papua.
Save the World's Forests co-designed the
project with the Papuan People's Network.
It was such a success that within a few months, over a dozen other
Papuans in the area saw the benefit of the solar systems, and purchased solar panels and installed them on their own homes and businesses
so they could also save money on electricity.
Save the World's Forests hopes to work
with the Papuan People's Network in the future to implement small
hydro-electric projects and electric motorbike transportation, to further
assist them in saving money and saving the environment by using green energy.
I.
Implementation of project
With the solar cells generating
electricity for free, JERAT will save the electricity costs every month of 4-5 million rupiah. These saved costs are now
used for other office operations and environmental projects.
The installation training activities and installation of solar cells were
carried out for 4 days from September 24-27, 2019 which was carried out by 8
JERAT staff as follows:
Harun Rumabar
Ronal Manufandu
Bata Rumdas
Asmira
Tantri
Ibu Frits
Arki
Septer Manufandu
Firad Womsiwor
Frans
II.
Result from Solar Cell Project
The electricity sourced from
the newly installed solar cell installation meets the electricity needs of
JERAT both for lighting and for office electronic appliances such as laptops, desktops and printers;
JERAT's solar cell office installation,
with a capacity of 600 watts, is used for:
Ÿ
The lighting for the 10 rooms, including Finance rooms, Data
Base, studio room, Meeting Room, Program Room, Kitchen, 2 Toilets, Director
room, Administration
room
Ÿ
Office terrace lighting
Ÿ
4 units of Desktop Computers include: Financial Desktop, Data
Base, Audio Visual, and Desktop Mapping;
Funds used to run this project
amounted to IDR 47,000,000 (USD $3,316.75) and IDR 1,000,000 ($70.57) balance.
Documentation of
Solar Cell Instalation Process
Photo 1: JERAT
Director Septer Manufandu In front of JERAT Office in Jayapura,
West Papua.
Photo 2: The JERAT staff get trained on how to conduct the installation of
solar cell by the experts from the store in Jakarata, Indonesia, which sold the
solar cell to JERAT.
Photo 3: Make a frame from wood for the
solar cell.
Photo 4: Installation of solar cell on the roof of JERAT office.
Photo 5: The solar cell position at the roof of
JERAT office.
Photo 6: Cabling to the Inverter.
Photo 7: Cabling installation for the
power that comes from the solar cell.
Photo 8: Mr. Septer photographed with battery and
inverter after installation and ready used for JERAT offices.
Photo 9: The installation of the balloon lamps
for 10 rooms.
Photo10: The model of the Balon Lamp that has been
used is LED for a total
of 10 pieces.
Photo 11: The Balon Lamp of Solar Cell’s source.
Photo 12: JERAT staff; A
studio room manager who uses electricity from solar cell to IMac's lighting and
desktop needs for editing movies.