Water: H2 power plant as Empowerment of local area
By: Ricky Andi Syahputra
Increasing of population led to increase human activities that negatively impact the environment and energy sources become unbalanced. There were a densely
populated area and sparse population; they were associated with logging because of an unbalanced
economy. To overcome
this problem, our group made a master plan based on the development of the local area. Development was done in the energy sector
and the empowerment of people through education and technology. To realize our master plan, we
used some sectors
such as aquaculture / agriculture: cultivated
fisheries, rice cultivation and Vegetable. Eco-tourism: building
sites and building
the creative industries (handicraft). Development of local
society is very
important; because it have to be self-sufficient
local society do
not rely on the central
government. The development
of our local communities can increase local incomes. Local community
development by building several
communities who were concerned about their local society and communities like
community creative
energy.
Creative community
is a community that empowers people
through the use of natural resources
from the area. This
community aims to develop the mindset of the people about self-reliance and
hard work in developing
regions. For example, like
to make a special menu that is made of the results
of aquaculture such as fish and shrimp and vegetables that
come from agriculture. Make
a few handcraft typical of the region to increase the people's
income. Community energy
is a caring community to expand energy
sources in an affluent. These communities use natural resources found in the area, for example as in the Yubari city utilize
ground water to
make micro hydro power
plant that can meet the electricity needs
of the region. This area has a small
stream of water (1 kWh) to produce electricity
that is small anyway. If the excess power
generated can be sold
to the electricity industry so as to increase
the income of the local community. Because electricity produced is small then we can utilize water as the output of the
process micro hydro power into electricity (H2
power plant).
In the environmental field,
H2 power plant is producing electricity which has very small emissions, because emissions are
released in the form of water vapor (figure
1). H2 power plant designed with the utilization
of galvanic cells. H2 power plant based on water by
adding chemicals such as Al, Na, Ca and others to split
water molecules into hydrogen gas and hydrogen gas
is used as fuel in
a reactor that
can produce electricity. Increasing energy produced
can become a source of income of the area. If
the source of the excess energy produced can
be sold to energy companies.
Based on the our
master plan is expected to increase
income sparsely populated areas so as to attract
the attention of society who
live in densely populated places to move to the place that is sparsely
populated. Resulting in population
distribution and the
establishment of the welfare of
all society. To improve the welfare of the society there has to be communication between the university (scientist),
companies, and governments.
So that society concerns
can be resolved.
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