Indonesian consortium of lithium ion battery for solar street lamp

Abstract

Indonesia's renewable energy systems are reducing the world's dependence on fossil fuels by providing constant energy sources such as lithium ion battery (LIB) for application on solar street lamps. There are advantages of using LIB that will improve its performance and life cycle, and also reduce the maintenance cost. Due to these reasons, a National Consortium on Lithium Ion Battery for Solar Street Lamp was formed in 2016 and supported by the National Innovation System (INSINAS) from the Ministry Research Technology and Higher Education. The project was divided into four work breakdown structures (WBS), with various activities and targets. The goal of this consortium is to produce a lithium ion battery module with the specification 120 Watt hour, so as to run the 10 Watt street lamp. The module consists of 40 cylinder cells 18650. The first year's target is to produce cylinder cells 18650 with specific output of 3.2 Volt and 1 Ah. This paper will review the activities of the consortium, WBS, and the characteristic of the cylinder cells.