With much satisfaction and enthusiasm the IDDGIS pilot is entering Stage 6 (the final stage of the program, dubbed “delivery”). We are pleased to report that we have selected two excellent Market Partners with whom we will work in the coming months to bring two compelling solutions to market focused on serving low-income Indonesian’s energy needs.

Concepts

The two most promising concepts that evolved through the program and ultimately emerged from Stage 5 were:

Smart Battery: A solar-powered battery system coupled with a wifi hotspot for use by small shopkeepers or families to power electric lights, charge cell phones, and provide wireless connectivity. This concept wins the prize for most evolved. The original concept  that spawned it was based around an exchange program for deep cycle batteries.

Mobile Renewables Shop: Using a mobile platform (e.g. motorbike) to provide trained renewable energy device salespeople a means of reaching the most rural villages with environmentally friendly energy products. This is the most “meta” of concepts since it is not a renewable energy product itself, but rather a service that provides access to renewable energy products.

Market Partners 

In addition to evolving the above concepts, we have also established partnerships with One Degree Solar (Smart Battery) and Kopernik (Mobile Renewables Shop) in order to move the concepts forward towards commercialization.

IDDGIS is partnering with One Degree Solar

With One Degree Solar the IDDGIS program will be facilitating the introduction of their
solar home system, the Bright Box, into Indonesia by providing instrumental business
support, distribution partner introductions, and market research. We will also be
prototyping the incorporation of a wifi hotspot into the device and exploring design
modifications to tailor the product to the Indonesian environment.

IDDGIS is partnering with Kopernik Solutions

With Kopernik the IDDGIS program will build on their ongoing Tech Agent program to explore options for incorporating a mobile sales platform into the program. The IDDGIS partners will dive deeply into streamlining the systems behind their last-mile distribution efforts and assist with the creation and protoyping of tools to be used by their Tech Agents.

Going To Market

Now that the concepts and Market Partners have been selected, IDDGIS is now busy providing support in the form of business and design services with the Market Partners as our clients. This handing over of concepts was built into the program from the start to ensure that the concepts received adequate commercial scrutiny and exit the IDDGIS program as fully-fledged products and services able to survive on their own in the wilds of the market.Our experiences at the confluence of international development and innovation indicate that this is a burgeoning trend – identifying and developing product or service concepts while supported by donor funds with the intention of transitioning the solution to a market partner that is able to commercialize the solution as a market-based offering. This intersection of development and capitalism promises to be a hot topic in coming years and we are excited to be navigating its conception and evolution as a part of this innovative World Bank program.

The IDDGIS Pilot Program has hit its penultimate stage and we are about to move forward with market partners to realize the concepts that they have embraced. Three concepts have survived from a tournament of over thirty, after being vetted by the demands and interests of users, specialists, and the private market.

A 3D printed model (with scaled down operators) of the Mobile Renewables Shop concept. Prototypes like this are a great medium of communication between project partners..

Before we move forward it is worth looking back to ponder these pathways that the concepts have navigated to reach this opportunity of being prototyped, piloted and implemented into the Indonesian market.

The scope was intentionally left very broad to kick off the IDDGIS Pilot Program. Once Yogyakarta was chosen as a suitable location, a multi-skilled design team highlighted relationships with ‘energy’ in rural communities in the area, and documented the associated demands, opportunities and voiced needs. This was then boiled down into twenty plus ‘challenges’ which, once vetted down to ten by local community and Indonesian development specialists, became the foundation from which all of the thirty plus concepts grew. Again a vetting process involving stakeholders and partners shaved the concepts down to a prioritized ten, and now to three. Although distilled down to a paragraph here, this process involved a lot time, adaptation, listening, inquiry, observation, co-creation, patience and reviews to learn the lessons we have and to get it to where we are now along the path to realization.

We are now moving into the latter of the 6 stages of the IDDGIS program

An example of one of the concepts that has travelled this path through our pilot methodology is the ‘Mobile Renewables Shop/System’. It originated from a ‘Challenge’ that identified access and education to new energy technologies as being significantly limited in rural communities. The team came up with many ideas around this challenge, which once filtered for demand and viability, grew into several concepts (mostly around specific or general product based market penetration innovations). With more community input, market analysis and observation of similar businesses/supply chains, we evolved the concepts to a point where they could compete with all other concepts for the attention/buy in/investment from private market partners.

The ‘Mobile Renewable Shop/Service’ iteration pathway continues….

So now that the competition between concepts has come to a head we will be supporting market partners with business and design services to help make the concepts they have embraced a reality. Our first target is to get working prototypes to pilot, and we will be mapping and forecasting this process in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more progress as the IDDGIS pilot heads into its final stages.

Hamlet of Pelemadu, Bantul, Yogyakarta

Community in the Hamlet of Pelemadu, Bantul, Yogyakarta make a living through various ways. Besides working as farm laborer, many of the households in this hamlet operate home industry making a local delicacy called peanut cracker or Rempeyek in Indonesian. This cracker is made from peanut and flour which then fried in a pan fueled with firewood.

The hamlet of Pelemadu has a population of 1,182 which consists of 362 households. There are 36 households that run peanut cracker business. On average, a household employs 6 to 8 workers for cooking and packaging peanut cracker on daily basis. It needs 16 bundles of firewood to fire up four sets of stove every day. Each bundle weighs about 10 kg of firewood and costs Rp 8,500. Every day from the four-set of stove, a household can produce 1,600 small packages of peanut cracker.

Peanut Crackers Cooking Process

Considering the high volume of firewood required to fuel the stove, cracker industries have to buy firewood from its neighboring district, i.e. Gunungkidul, since the supply of firewood in Bantul District is no longer adequate. Every week, trucks carrying a loadful of firewood are coming to Pelemadu to supply the much demanded firewood for peanut cracker home industries. People so far have not considered using LPG as alternative fuel for the stove. Many of them have LPG stove, but none of them are using LPG for cooking peanut cracker. They only use LPG stove for cooking daily household meals.

Firewood stove is much more user-safe-and-friendly to them. They have been using this kind of stove for centuries. It also gives better flavor compared to LPG stove. The ember from the wood gives additional heat for other sets of pans on the stove.

Civilian Carrying Firewood

The Firewood

Normally, there are 3 holes for frying-pan on a stove. The first hole is used for the biggest frying pan where the dough is poured. It is then primed and set into a shape of a round- cracker. The second and third are for smaller pans which are used to fully cook the cracker. This is not possible if they are using LPG stove.

Crackers Are Being Cooked

The Crackers are well-cooked and ready to be put in the package

Packaging Process

Bantul is full of home industries, small industry that is operated from home. Many of these home industries are food industries. There are Tempeh cracker, catfish cracker, brown-sugar-peanut cracker, snake-skin-fruit cracker, cassava cracker, sweet-sticky-rice candy and many more distinctive snacks and delicacies home industries.

Even though very few home industries begin to use LPG as as fuel, most are still reliant on firewood for cooking and preparation. A substitute for firewood is however a possibility, research and innovation for effective and efficient fuel in cooking stove are therefore much needed in the near future.

Program Representative and The Mentees

The Program hosted an event on the19^th of December 2012 at the JW Marriott, Jakarta,  the event was held in an informal and open setting with only mentees and Local Venture Accelerator representatives present to encourage honest feedback and accurate descriptions of the mentoring experience. Some of the topics discussed included:

The Number of Mentors Assigned to each Program Participant

Program Participants were assigned a team of four mentors; two local mentors, one local lead mentor and one global mentor. The team-approach to mentoring has its advantages and disadvantages. The Program Participant’s experiences were gauged as a group to supplement private feedback given with regards to each mentor.

The Total Number of Mentoring Hours Each Month

The program provided Program Participants with 14 hours of monthly mentoring in stage one; 8 hours from a Lead Mentor, 2 hours from each of the 2 local volunteer mentors and 2 hours from the designated global mentor. Program Participants were asked for feedback on the number total number of allotted hours.

The Number of Mentoring Hours from Each Mentor

Each mentor had a designated number of hours allocated to each entrepreneur. The Program Participants were asked to give feedback on the number of hours assigned to each mentor. A mentoring team from various backgrounds provided Program Participants with a total of 42 hours of mentoring over the three first months of the Program.

Finding Time for Mentoring

In a mentoring situation where professionals are mentoring professionals, time is a commodity to be highly valued. The cooperation between mentors, Program Participants and the Local Venture Accelerator ensured that clear schedules were set, appointments were followed through and mentoring was conducted as smoothly as possible.

The Option of Monthly Workshops

In the early stage of the mentoring program, Program Participants were offered the option of attending regular workshops as an added value. At the time, this did not receive sufficient support. This idea was revisited as a part of the continued effort to provide as much value as possible to support entrepreneur growth and development.

Ability to Connect with Global Mentors

Global mentors are international experts who provide expertise through videoconferencing. Different locations and time zones create an additional scheduling challenge. This issue was discussed to ensure Program Participants and the Program Partners were able to overcome and address any such challenges.

Mentoring Team

The different mentors provide different expertise and for each Program Participant, there is a complex set of mentoring needs to be addressed. A review of the mentoring team designation and composition allowed participants to provide feedback on their assigned team and the team approach in general.

Duration of Mentoring Phase 1

The first phase of mentoring lasted for 3 months, the second phase lasts for 4 months and only three Program Participants will advance to the second phase. The Program Participants were asked to provide feedback on the duration of the phase as a whole.

Pre-Mentoring Session

Mentoring Topics

Conducting a pre-mentoring introduction session attended by each mentoring team and all Program Participant representatives was discussed. Such a session would be conducted separately for each team-mentee combination in order to introduce the company more thoroughly and address any overall issues that mentees may face.

Green Breakfast in Sailendra Restaurant

 As phase one of mentoring came to an end, Program Participants were invited to engage with members of the business community as a practical test of their presentation skills and a networking opportunity for both Program Participants and a select group of guests. The Green Breakfast was held in the private rooms of the JW Marriott, Jakarta where the atmosphere was intimate and exclusive as participants enjoyed one of Jakarta’s most famous buffet breakfasts courtesy of the Sailendra Restaurant.

The Green Breakfast and Networking Event was conducted to connect Program Participants with potential business partners, investors and members of the business community. Through the generation of new connections, mutually beneficial opportunities could be identified and entrepreneurs gained valuable experience in presenting to and interacting with the business community. The event was informal, but clearly business minded with one-on-one conversations being the primary format for information exchange.

Participants and Business Community Members

The event opened with registration, mingling and participants making their selection from the delicious buffet. Everyone was invited into the private rooms where a combination of Program Participants and members of the business community sat together in a roundtable discussion. The discussion was focused around introducing the Program Participants with each attendee also being invited to give a brief introduction of themselves and their business.

The invited guests from the business community featured senior business professionals and executives, representatives from foreign governments working in green business in Indonesia as well as representatives from a range of different SME service providers and renewable energy project developers and investors.

Each room had an intimate and intensive discussion where Program Participants were challenged to answer questions ranging from technology specific questions to questions on business models and implementation methods. Lessons and skills developed through the IGES mentoring Program were put into practice and all Program Participants engaged in dialogue with the invited guests.

Representatives from all Program Participants attended and delivered brief presentations of their companies with a focus on answering questions and engaging in a dialogue with attendees. The members of the business community responded to Program Participants with challenging questions and great interest in both the different technologies and business models. Program Participants were asked important questions that clearly have improved.

Ambience in one of the rooms where Networking Events are held

Opportunities, opinions, experiences and business cards had been exchanged as the Green Breakfast came to an end at 10:00 AM. The Local Venture Accelerator has received follow-up enquiries from several attendees and it was clear that the participants offered valuable presentations and interesting business opportunities of relevance for the invited guests or their networks. The interest from the business community may lead to future opportunities, but the experience has already empowered Program Participants with confidence and enhanced presentation and practical communications skills.

As the Indonesia Green Innovation Pilot Program continues to progress, business cases have been developed and a list of potential Market Partners has been identified. The Business Cases and Executive Briefings have been finalised and have been sent to a range of potential Market Partners.

In addition to the business analysis, a range of concept design and conceptualisation work has been completed by the design team to support the Business Cases and to visualise the concept for potential market partners.

Market partners are first sent an initial Executive Briefing and gradually, based on responsiveness and interest, receive increasing amounts of detailed information and as the potential Market Partner enters into dialogue with the Program, they will gain access to the full Business Case.

The business cases that are being shared with interested and qualified potential market partners include:

Custom Biogas Stove, Polyethylene Tank and Organic Waste

Biogas Kit: Improved affordability, design and technical properties to replace existing biogas digesters. The improved biogas kit is a polyethylene tank-in-tank household biogas production system complete with custom biogas stove designed for individual household cooking. The system uses custom tanks and functions with 2 kg of organic waste from household waste to generate 3 hours of cooking time. It is a non-fixed, above ground unit and can be installed anywhere in the home area based on the preference of the customer.

Organic Waste Convertion

Biomass Fuel Pellets: Converting organic waste from sustainable wood, palm, or paper manufacturers into efficient and cleaner biomass fuel pellets to be used for cooking fuel by home industry, street food vendors and households using biomass cook stoves. The product is a biomass fuel pellet with consistent heat and higher average caloric value than firewood or conventional wood charcoal.

Next Generation Hydram Powered Community Water Pump

Next Generation Hydram Powered Community Water Pump: A solution to fresh water supply challenges through the establishment of an off-grid autonomous water pump system that relies on a flowing water source and gravity; without dependence on electricity, wind, or solar radiance. The Hydram pump is a technology which utilizes high pressure created from upstream water flow to pump water to a higher place using a hammering motion. Offering improvements in the design and technical properties of existing Hydra pump systems.

Mobile Renewables Shop

Mobile Renewables Shop: A mobile renewables shop sells various kinds of renewable energy, or energy efficiency equipment, gadgets and tools as well as communications devices. All of these products will be transported and sold from a vehicle that consistently loops through different communities to market and sell the products, increasing access to and awareness of the technologies that it sells.

Electronic Hub Smart Battery

Smart Battery: A solution for off-grid households to access an electricity power source, the battery is a mobile 5kg sealed deep cycle battery with integrated light, WIFI and USB slots that is equipped with a dedicated external solar panel (as well as an on-grid charge capability). The battery pack will have the ability to power small fans, lights, radio, WIFI, and charge hand phones. The proposed concept offers improvements in the design and technical properties of existing power source options.

Continued testing and re-iteration of the developed concepts and Business Cases is the next phase of the Program as Market Partners are invited to comment and question the concepts and Business Cases as they develop into viable Market Solutions.

For Market Partner enquiries, the Program’s assigned Market Facilitator, The Apex Consulting Group, can be contacted at partners@greeninnovation.or.id

Small and medium business ventures are major contributors to Indonesia’s economic growth. However, these SMEs face many challenges in expanding and growing their business. Many of them are family based or are managed by a small group of partners. This can lead to difficulties in the balancing act of trying to create operational excellence while at the same time managing strategic growth. Most entrepreneurs also lack business planning skills and experience with investor engagement; therefore it can be challenging to develop attractive business proposals for potential investors or business partners.

These challenges apply universally to SMEs, including Indonesia’s small and medium enterprises in the renewable energy and clean technology sectors. Business mentoring and capacity building of these entrepreneurs is at the core of the Indonesia Green Entrepreneurship Subprogram. The development of business skills and technical expertise empowers these green entrepreneurs and helps foster growth and maximise impact.

Through a series of pitches, presentations, and interviews five outstanding entrepreneurs which manage renewable and clean energy business have been selected for participation in the Program. These entrepreneurs are selected for their potential for growth and their enthusiasm for making a positive impact on their local communities and the environment in which they operate. More information about the participating entrepreneurs can be found here at the Indonesia Green Entrepreneurship Subprogram website. These entrepreneurs have been exclusively selected to receive a 14 hours of mentoring a month from 4 different local and international mentors in the first phase of mentoring. The most successful three entrepreneurs will progress into the program’s second phase and receive closer support from mentors, Program Partners as well as up to USD $5,000 budget to spend on external consulting in order to fully realise their growth potential.

The first mentoring phase of the IGES is well under way and each entrepreneur has been receiving one-on-one mentoring from local and international business experts, allowing them to gain different perspectives, knowledge, and inputs from different mentors with different backgrounds. In the mentoring program so far, the participants have received advice and support from the mentors to tackle their business challenges in many areas such as:

Strategic Management: Mentors are supporting the participants in their efforts to clarify their vision and mission, develop a strategic plan, and develop organisational structures to accelerate growth. Several entrepreneurs are looking to expand their business and have leveraged mentor insights to develop their expansion plan.

Business Planning: Entrepreneurs are receiving support in developing a business plan and documenting all aspects of the business concept. Developing clear plans and communicating these plans through a business proposal is very important to engage potential partners and investors. The mentors are helping the entrepreneurs to generate action plans to grow their business and finalizing attractive business proposals.

Financial Modelling: Currently entrepreneurs are receiving increased understanding about project financing of renewable energy projects including financial analysis, cost estimates, financial projections, and possible financing options for renewable energy projects. Through the mentor-mentee relationship, tools are being transferred rather than one-time solutions to problems being developed for the entrepreneurs.

Marketing and Sales: Marketing and sales strategy is one of the most important aspects of growing the entrepreneur’s business. Entrepreneurs are guided through, and empowered to conduct an evaluation of their current marketing strategies, exploration of new market opportunities, and in-depth analysis of the competitive environment.

Human Resource Management: Human Resources is a field in which the entrepreneurs are receiving support and guidance in several areas including recruiting qualified experts, retaining talent in the organisation, human resource strategies, organisational structuring, employee incentives and motivation, and enhancing the existing talent available.

In the last month of the first mentoring phase of the Program, both mentors and mentees continue to work together to achieve business goals and ensure that the benefits from the mentoring are maximised. Scheduling and development challenges continue as entrepreneurs and mentors see the end of the first mentoring phase and exciting evaluation and selection process begin for participation in the second mentoring and support of the Program. The positive development in all entrepreneurs business has been significant. Some will continue in the Program and some will continue outside the Program, but the all the mentees and mentors are left with a rewarding time behind them and an exciting future ahead.

Gunungkidul is located in the karst area, close to the southern coastal area. The area is relatively dry and rocky.

Gunungkidul is one of the 4 districts in Yogyakarta Province. This district is located in the karst area, close to the southern coastal area. The area is relatively dry and rocky. Most of the people here live as farmers. They rely heavily on rainwater for agriculture and household needs. Most of the houses in Gunungkidul have water tanks to catch the rainwater. However, during dry season, many of the residents have to buy water from a water tank truck, each truck has the tank capacity of 5,000 liter of water. This costs them about Rp 150,000 per truck.

Most of the people here live as farmers. They rely heavily on rainwater for agriculture and household needs.

In 1999, the National Government planned to build water supply system for the communities in Gunungkidul. Permanent metal piping construction was underway. However, due to political reasons, the project was called off, and now the long winding pipes were deserted for no particular use.

Communities are looking for alternative ways to access water.

Realizing that they cannot wait for water, communities were looking for alternative ways to access water. They identified underground river with crystal clear water in abundant supply. The only major obstacle for them is how to bring up this clean water to surface. Crystal clear water flows through this underground river all year long. This river is about 150 meter underneath the surface in karst area.

A tiny cavity in the cave that leads to the river down below.

To get into this river, people have to go through a tiny cavity in the cave that leads to the river down below. They have to use a rope ladder to go down and reach a bigger cavity inside the cave where water is flowing through. In this bigger cavity, the community installed water pump with high pumping power to push up the water to the surface.

The power required to run these water pump is derived from a small diesel generator set which barely meet the pumps required power.

Once this water has reached the surface, it will be contained in a small concrete reservoir and then it will be pumped into another reservoir on top of a hill. The power required to run these water pump is derived from a small diesel generator set which barely meet the pumps required power. This diesel generator is therefore pushed to produce its maximum capacity. There is grid electricity access; however, it does not meet the required 3-phase power for running the pumps.

From the water tank reservoir on top of the hill, water is then distributed by gravity to community houses through small PVC pipes.

The height from underground river to the surface is 150 m and the height from the surface to the top of the hill is another 80 m

The height from underground river to the surface is 150 m and the height from the surface to the top of the hill is another 80 m, and therefore several pumps are needed to push water from underground river to the hill. Since the work of piping and pumping were not done by professionals, accident happened sometimes, such as bursting of pipes due to excessive sudden change of water head pressure.

Funding for procurement of all equipment, pipings, labor cost and consultant was obtained from an individual donor originated from this local village who happened to be a successful and wealthy entrepreneur in the nation’s capital.

There are 600 households that receive water from this system. However, with only about 48,000 liter pumping capacity per day using diesel-powered pumps, community can only use the water they get for drinking and cooking.

The community can only use water they get for drinking and cooking.

Water demand will continue to be the first priority of daily necessity for the people of Gunungkidul. Much help will still be needed for many years to come in the form of technology transfer, training and funding for water pumping and catchment.

Regional Development and Planning Agency for The Indonesia Demand-Driven Green Innovation Subprogram in Bantul.

The Indonesia Demand-Driven Green Innovation Subprogram – IDDGIS involves various stakeholders, one of them is The Government. Since this program has chosen Yogyakarta as the pilot location, we include The Local Government of Yogyakarta, specifically in Bantul District to participate in our innovation design for energy needs in the local community.

In every district, there is a regional development and planning agency called Bappeda (Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Daerah). This government agency deals with various regional development fields including economic development, technology, social issue, politics, education & culture, health, human and natural resources, tourism, etc.

Division Head of Research and Development at Bantul

Tlau Sakti Santosa is the Division Head of Research and Development at Bappeda Bantul. Together with Heny Endrawati, his colleague, they provided suggestions and and criticism on the design innovation from IDDGIS design team.

Ibu Heny Endrawati Checking The Design Innovation for IDDGIS in Bantul

They both provided precious input on the concept design to better suit the local community, especially in Bantul area.

IDDGIS Workshop

Ibu Heny also attended IDDGIS workshop conducted in the village of Sriharjo, Bantul. During the workshop, she reported that the communities in Bantul have problem dealing with household garbage. Sometimes, people ride a motorbike to an empty land to throw their household garbage. This is due to inadequate sanitation services and facilities in their neighborhood. This household waste might be utilized to produce energy for household; therefore, innovation in waste processing and management is also useful and needed according to her.

Technology Intermediators

Two representatives of Ristek (Research and Technology) from the National Ministry of Research and Technology also take office at Bappeda Bantul. These two officers are Kurnia R. Dhani and Budi P. Soewondo. The two of them are Technology Intermediator. Their task is to help local innovators to realize their potential,  develop their innovation and encourage or stimulate more useful innovations for community.

Bappeda Bantul also provided links and information about regional government’s existing programs such as solar-and-wind-powered electricity generation plant in Parangkusumo, underground water-powered electricity generation plant in Bribin, Gunungkidul, biogas system in Pundong, community water pumping system and other energy-related projects. This information sharing was meant to synchronize the existing programs so as not to double the work and re-invent the wheel.

Bappeda Bantul Sharing Information

Identifying and engaging appropriate market partners are essential for the success of the Program.

In this stage, the design team is working together with various stakeholders to identify potential market partners. Identifying and engaging appropriate market partners are essential for the success of the Program. Partners’ specialty or core of business can be in concept-specific technical expertise, business networks, as a manufacturer or supplier of certain products or services.

Meeting with Yayasan Dian Desa in Sleman, Yogyakarta

The design team visited several places that were related to the design concepts. One of them was Yayasan Dian Desa in Sleman, Yogyakarta, where we discussed various matters concerning stove products and designs. This foundation has been working on the stove projects for many years and therefore is an excellent partner to discuss the development of a new stove concept. Here, we exchanged knowledge on a new stove mould design. The staff members of Yayasan Dian Desa were quite helpful in providing input, criticism and suggestion to our newly made stove mould design.

The design team visits the village of Umbulharjo

Going to the northern part of Yogyakarta, the design team visited a place in the village of Umbulharjo to see how people in this village are utilizing a hydram pump system to distribute water from natural water springs to a higher place located about 700 meter from the springs with an elevation of about 50 meter. They have been using the hydram pump for more than 2 years. They received the hydram pump as a government donation for the community in this village. We discussed and shared our newly designed hydram pump with them. This new design will be more efficient, cheaper, less maintenance required and more durable.

Inspecting a biogas system near the village of Umbulharjo

We also had the chance to see an existing biogas facility in this village which was also still in operation and used by the owner for daily cooking activities.

The design team visited the Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation Agency in Kaliurang

The design team went to the Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation Agency located in Kaliurang. This agency is playing a crucial part in detecting the early signs of Mount Merapi eruptions. They operate various seismographic instruments which are powered by grid electricity. Nevertheless, they have power backup using 12 volt car batteries. These batteries will be used as a power source to run electronic equipment during power outage in emergency situations such as Mount Merapi eruptions and  earthquakes.

Backup power using 12 volt car batteries

Small briquette production facility in Bantul District, Yogyakarta

Another potential market partner that was identified is a producer of charcoal briquette. This particular briquette small-industry is located in Bantul District, southern Yogyakarta. They make charcoal from coconut shells. The charcoal is processed and made into briquettes for home use, restaurants and shisha cafes. Some of the briquettes are also exported overseas to be used as barbecue charcoal.

Charcoal production from coconut shells