SREG is happy and proud to be part of this grant project with Tim Frodsham. The project is a training program to build local capacity in renewable energy technology on Sumba island with the title “REWIRE (Renewable Energy Workshops to Assist Indonesia’s Rural Electrification)”. The announcement is available on: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/grants-further-enhance-australia-indonesia-links
REWIRE (Renewable Energy Workshops to Assist Indonesia’s Rural Electrification) is a collaborative one year project between the Murdoch University with Sumba Renewable Energy Groups (SREG) (a grassroot energy access initiative) and RAKARU (a startup company that focuses on delivering green energy to remote communities). The project aims to add a new power source into the existing two micro-grid PV systems in two traditional hamlets in Sumba island of Indonesia. The main approach is technology transfer through capacity building programs to ensure that the local communities are equipped with skills to use local materials, install and operate an affordable and reliable small renewable energy system for their own benefit. The project promotes Australian expertise, with appropriate designs developed by Tim Frodsham for his Masters Dissertation in Renewable and Sustainable Energy, at Murdoch University. These include: small hybrid wind & solar electricity generators, smoke reducing firewood cookstoves, and solar cookers.
SUMBA RENEWABLE ENERGY GROUP 