Project Description
The Australia Awards Renewable Energy Short Course aimed to contribute to the shared ambition of Australia and Indonesia to cooperate more closely to enable transition to lower emission economies and understands that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge. Twenty-five participants from across Indonesia joined course leaders Associate Professor Prasad Kaparaju and Dr Sascha Stegen in Australia for a two week program, connecting with Australian organisations and learning from local innovations in renewable energy.
Project Personnel and Beneficiaries
The Participants’ came from organisations and government agencies across Indonesia including the Center for Human Resource Development in Electricity, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Star Energy Geothermal, ASEAN Centre for Energy, Fortescue Future Industries and Bappenas.
Outcomes to Date
The participants worked in groups to complete an Award Project on completion of the course to implement their learnings from the program. Participants completed projects were conducted by the participants which included Enhancing the Electrification Ratio and Long Term Supply in Betun Using 600kWP Solar Power Plant and Nearly Zero Energy Multipurpose Building for Desa Harapan Baru, East Kalimantan
All projects were deemed strong demonstrated good progress of implementation.
Project Significance
The program speaks to Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all”. In particular, the Target 7a under SDG7 “by 2030, enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology”.
The program aimed to assist communities in eastern Indonesia, including businesses and associations, state-owned enterprises and NGOs to understand the renewable energy technologies suitable for their needs as part of the Indonesian Government’s plan to increase the use of renewable energy to 23% of all
energy usage by 2025, an increase of 12% from the current share.