Project Description

As the world’s population increases, the use of energy continues to grow. By increasing awareness of climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, micro hydropower offers a cleaner alternative to fossil fuel-powered power plants. Micro hydropower uses water flow from rivers or small channels to generate electricity. It is an environmentally friendly renewable energy resources. Micro hydropower plants given to have a smaller environmental impact than large hydropower plants because they do not require large dams or reservoirs. This also allows for the maintenance of natural river flows and reduces disruption to local ecosystems. The planned reliable discharge is about 26 m3/s in the Air Luas Catchment Area in the planned location of Muara Sahung Mini-Hydro Power Plan with the probability of 59% and the head neto of 43 m, therefore the power needs of about 10 MW. With the Mara Sahung Mini-Hydro Power Plant applied capacity of 3 x 3,30 MW, and will produce energy per year of 58,719 GWh, with the capacity factor of 66%. According to the information from the T. PLN South Sumatera, Jambi and Bengkulu Region, the interconnection point is located in JTM Kemuning, about 1 Km from the Mini-Hydro Power Plant location. This project will be feasible to be build to fulfill the electricity power in Bengkulu Province and play a part in the effective operational cost of the PLN South Sumatera, Jambi and Bengkulu region because it will replace the oil fueled thermal power plant.