UNDP and MEMR Graduated 48 Off-Grid Solar-PV Power Plants Operator
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource concluded training and certification for 48 local operators from remote villages in East Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, and Central Kalimantan under a project to provide solar power systems to rural communities in Timor-Leste and Indonesia. The ACCESS Project is developed under a partnership of UNDP Indonesia and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource (MEMR) Indonesia with a grant funded by The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
The training and certification were hosted by Human Resources Development Centre for Electricity, New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation (PPSDM KEBTKE) P and conducted at its campus in Ciracas East Jakarta. The training was delivered as classroom training, field exercise, and a site visit to PLTS Pulau Tunda in Serang Banten. Through three batches of training, PPSDM has passed 48 local operators, of which 22 are women from remote villages in East Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, and Central Kalimantan.
The closing ceremony was held on June 14, 2022, at PPSDM-KEBTKE, East Jakarta, and was attended by Deputy Resident Representative UNDP Indonesia, Ms. Nika Saeedi; Deputy-Director Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Indonesia, Ms. Soyeon Ahn; and Ms. Andriah Feby Misna, Director of Various Energy and Renewable Energy Ministry of Mineral and Energy Resources (MEMR) of the Republic of Indonesia.
The project will contribute to achieving the national target of 23% renewable energy in Indonesia's energy mix in 2025 and the 29% national emission reduction target in 2030, said Ms. Andriyah Feby Misna, Director of Various Energy and Renewable Energy of MEMR. “We put the solar power as the priority of the renewable energy development because the abundance of the solar power and its become more economics.”
The project delivers UNDP aims to provide renewable energy to communities living in vulnerable conditions such as those in outer islands or remote villages, said Ms. Nika Saeedi, Deputy Resident Representative UNDP Indonesia today. “This project can genuinely accelerate Indonesia’s and Timor Leste’s transition from brown economy to the green economy, in the most inclusive manner.”
“The local operators contribute not only to the sustainability of the access project in terms of the technical component but also in touch other people to our common goals to fight their energy poverty, deliver their equality, and help accelerate the community development.” Said Deputy of Country Director, KOICA Indonesia, Ms. Soyeon Ahn.
With funding from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), UNDP’s ACCESS project will construct 23 communal solar PV power plants and deliver electricity for more than 2,800 households in 23 remote villages in Indonesia. The project will provide access to electricity for more than 20,000 people in Indonesia and Timor-Leste and access to clean water for 3,500 people in Timor-Leste.