The Sustainability of Photovoltaic System at Rawasari Village, Tanjung Jabung Timur through Student Community Service - Community Empowerment Learning Program

Abstract

Rawasari is one of location at Tanjung Jabung Timur Regency that installed by photovoltaic system through Millenium Challenge Account Indonesia (MCAI) program by Konsorsium Energi Mandiri Lestari (KEMALA) in early 2018. The total installed photovoltaic system at Rawasari was 41.8 kWp which consisted of solar home system, solar system for public facilities, and solar system for business unit. When Kemala program ended in February 2018, the sustainability of the business unit was threatened because of there was not educated or skilled assistance that ensure photovoltaic system can run well. Therefore, the role of Student Community Service - Community Empowerment Learning Program (SCS-CEL) by Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) was deemed necessary to parse that problems. The SCS-CEL program has conducted from June-August 2018 that involved about 27 students from multidiscipline studies. Through two main programs of SCS-CEL namely strengthening the management system for photovoltaic and improving the quality and capacity of production business units. The result showed that an increasing of public awareness of the importance of maintaining a photovoltaic system and developing of drinking water business unit.