Efisiensi Sumber Daya Energi Fosil Dengan Banana Peeling Electrical Energy Harvesting (BPEEH) Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Di Indramayu

Abstract

New Renewable Energy (EBT) is an efficient solution to overcome the deficit of fosil energy resource such as crude oil and coal. In addition to this pandemic of Covid-19 in Indonesia made the price of crude oil in the world dropped dramatically to reach around $25/barrel crude oil of WTI as of May 8, 2020. Every resources in this world stores electricity. Nonetheless this resources need special processing so that they can be converted into electrical energy. This Research is focused in Banana Peel. Currently we know that the consuming of Banana fruit still increased especialy in the pandemic of Covid-19. Hence the more Banana fruits are consumed, the more Banana Peels are remained. This research aims to find the solution from the Banana Peel wastes in this pandemic – processing them and converting them into eco-alternative energy – by keeping the energy into the battery. The methods used in this research used an exxperimental method using the application of the Ohm’s law which aims to test the hypothesis by testing four banana peel samples (Ambon, Muli, Raja Hijau, and Raja Palembang). The results of this research showed that harvest the electricity from banana peels (BPEEH) can help the efficiency of deficit fosil energy resources due to this pandemi of Covid-19. It was showed that one battery of the banana peels pasta or BPEEH can give voltage 1.28 Volt and electricity current is 2.13 Ampere. In addition to for 12 batteries of BPEEH assembled series can turn on the 6 Volt LED lights for 4 to 5 days.