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Research & Development

Projects for Rural Community

Development in Sarawak: Issues

and Challenges

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Al-Khalid Haji Othman / Dr Hushairi Hj Zen / Nazeri Abdul Rahman / Mohd Farid Atan / Noraziah Abd Wahab

Faculty of Engineering, UNIMAS

Head of Energy, Institute of Social Informatics and Technology Innovations (ISITI), UNIMAS

Head of Solar, Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CoERE), UNIMAS

Contents

• Overview of Energy Related Groups in UNIMAS

– CoRE: Community-Based Micro Hydro Framework and Policy

– ISITI: Infrastructure Development Strategies and Community

Approach

• Issues and Challenges in Implementing Energy Projects:

– Hydro Power System

– Solar PV System

• Research & Development, Projects and Programs

• List of Potential Programs, Research and Human Capital

Development

• Stakeholders

Institute of Social Informatics and Technology

Innovations (ISITI): Energy Group

• Reflecting the diversity of ISITI diverse expertise,

ISITI’s Energy Group consists of multidisciplinary

engineering experts

• The group was established with the aim to ensure

the ICT Telecentre’s energy infrastructure needs

meet the standard and quality design thus offer

efficient and sustainable energy system

Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy

(CoERE): Research Groups Goal 1 Strengthening Research and Development

•To strengthen the research culture in University

• To develop and enhance the research

management of the center

• To enhance the specific areas of research

• To increase research capacity

• To increase research collaboration internally

and externally

Goal 2 Establish Consultancy and Extension Services

• Establish linkages with industries

•Establish Collaboration with:

Professional bodies

Government’s and private research

institution

Organize national and international

conferences/seminars

•Provide consultation services to industries and

government agencies

Goal 3 Establish Community Services

• To contribute and establish services to

community at large

Case Study 1: Re-engineering, Re-invention and Re-construction Of Semulong Ulu Micro Hydro Systems

(Project Status: Completed December 2009 (OSAKA GAS Grant 2009).

CoERE: Community Based Micro Hydro

Framework and Policy

VISION

To be the leading Centre of Excellence for renewable energy research

and education in Malaysia

MISSION

To establish a conductive and multi-disciplinary research environment within researchers and scientists by focusing on research and

development (R&D), commercialization of marketable renewable energy technologies, and provision of solutions to community and tactical

environmental issues.

Sustainable Micro Hydro System

Policy

Poverty

Reduction

Rural

Development

Green

Technology

Renewable

Energy

Social

Needs analysis

Community

Participation

Socio Economic

Outreach

Organisation

Partnerships

Community

Ownership

Networking

Finance

Tariff

Financial

Management

Grants

Cost Benefit

Analysis

Research and

Development

Micro Hydro

System Design

Turbine

Weir and Forebay

Management

and Operation

Locality

Operation and

Maintenance

Power

Management

Skilled & Semi

Skilled Manpower

Training

Energy

Optimization

ISITI: Infrastructure Development Strategies and

Community Approach

Preliminary Study

(Technical)

• C&S – Identifying telecentre location

• M&E – Telecentre load profiling and wiring requirement

• Energy Source - Identifying source of energy

Specification and Design

•C&S Design

•M&E Specification and Design

•Procurement

•Development Planning (Detail Work Schedule)

Construction and

Installation

• Construction (C&S)

• Installation, Testing and Commissioning (M&E)

• Manpower : Skilled and Semi-skilled, Person in charge at the site (COW) – C&S and M&E

• Milestone based on Work Schedule

Performance Analysis

• Study on the power performance

• Power system audit

Preliminary Study

(Community Engagement)

• Hold dialogue session with the community on the process of setting up the telecentre

• Setting up a taskforce/steering committee and explain the roles of JKOA in the development process

• Identifying local champions (C&S and M&E)

Engagement of all

members of the

community

• Hold dialogue sessions with the community members to ensure an inclusive and multi-level participatory process.

• Strategies the planning and schedule for construction of the telecentre.

Training and Development

Programs

• Develop program for local champions

• Conduct training on site

• Produce Manual on O&M

Sustainability

•Strengthen and building confidence (Hold regular

motivation talks in the community)

•Continuous engagement (Hold a continuous

consultation and consensual decision-making with

Penghulu/Batin, local champion, women and youth)

•Mentoring of next generation of Youth

Lessons Learned in Implementing Energy

Projects: Hydro Power System No. Issues and Challenges Recommendations

1 Accessibility & communication issue Require local champion on site/community

representative/require to have satellite phone

2 Land Issue/Ownership Require community engagement and commitment

3 Required excessive feasibility studies (Site survey, water flow

measurement, head, catchment area, etc.)

Require due diligent

4 Lack of semi-skilled and skilled manpower in the village

(during construction)

Require semi-skilled and skilled training

5 Control of energy over consumption To provide electrification management system

among the community

6 Take longer time to implement Require good project management throughout the

project implementation

7 Materials and machineries not available on site (Logistic) Use material on site and practice community

cohesion

8 Design is site specific (Different requirement on the system) Require to have all information for design stage

9 Lack of documentation on governance and policy specifically

for small hydro project

Produce guidelines and standard operating

procedures for hydro development

10 Lack of local expertise on turbine design and fabrication

(turbine imported from oversea)

Require competency training and setup industry for

turbine fabrication

11 Community Issues (Community divided) Required community engagement and commitment

Lessons Learned in Implementing Energy

Projects: Solar PV System No. Issues and Challenges Recommendations

1 Difficulty of identifying location of ICT Telecentre and

its Solar PV farm (easily accessible by community)

Work with the community to physically visit and

inspect agreed location(s)

2 Land Issue (Ownership) / Limited Space

Required community engagement and

commitment

3 Lack of semi-skilled and skilled manpower on site

(Maintenance and Operation)

Training/Local Champion

4 Community Issue (Personal and group demand) Community empowerment

5 Component failure (Inverter/Controller/Battery) Require to do proper design and selection of

components

6 Long delivery time of components and BoS to sites Require experience and competent supplier/agent

7 Difficulty getting load profile information from

community and

Require extensive load profiling

8 Logistic (Transportation for project mobilization) Require proper planning for mobilization of

components and manpower

9 Maintenance Issue Require periodic maintenance

10 Abuse of power consumption Require to implement smart electrification

management system

Research & Development, Projects and Programs

(Part 1/5) No. Grant Total Grant (RM) Project Title

Period of

Research Status

1 KETHHA 1,800,000.00

Design and Development of

Micro Hydro at Semulong Ulu,

Lingga, Sri Aman

2011-2014 Ongoing

2 KETHHA

1,700,000.00

Design and Development of

Micro Hydro at Sengaih, Julau,

Sarawak

2011-2014 Ongoing

3 KETHHA

650,000.00

Green Energy Island: Study on

Potential Sites for Micro-Hydro

2011-2012 Completed

4 KKLW 4,300,000.00

Design and Development of

Micro Hydro at Pa’Ramapuh,

Bario

2013-2015 Ongoing

5 KKLW 3,800,000.00

Design and Development of

Micro Hydro at Bukit Assum,

Padawan, Sarawak

2013-2015 Ongoing

6

UNIMAS Strategic

Manpower Study for

SCORE

223,940.63 Strategic for Manpower for

SCORE: Energy Based Cluster

April 2009-

December 2010 Completed

7

Japanese Government

Grant

(The Consulate-

General of Japan)

159,000.00

(US$50,000）

The Project for Electrification of

Community Centre by Solar

Energy in Long Lamai Village

February 2009-

November 2009 Completed

Research & Development, Projects and

Programs (Part 2/5)

No. Grant Title Total Grant (RM) Research Title Period of

Research Status

8

Japanese

Government

Grant

(The Consulate-

General of

Japan)

172,000.00

(US$51,896）

The Project for Electrification of

Community Centre by Solar

Energy in Larapan Village

February 2010-

Jun 2010 Completed

9

UNIMAS Grant

L18403 F02 00

Hidro Lingga

5,000.00

Micro Hydro Power Development

at Semulong Ulu, Lingga, Sri

Aman

July – December

2009 Completed

10 MOSTI 1,000,000.00 Micro Hydro Power Development

at Lubok Antu, Sri Aman

July 2009

December 2010 Completed

11 DAGS Rollout-

MOSTI 4,000,000.00 ICT Development for Rural Area 2008-2010 Completed

12 OSAKA 6,500.00 Micro Hydro Turbine Design 2010-2011 Completed

13

International

Research Council

(IDRC), Canada

200,000.00 ICT Development for Rural Area

– eBario 2000 Completed

14

Demonstrator

Applications

Grant Scheme

(DAGS), MIMOS

620,000.00 ICT Development for Rural Area

– eBario 2002 Completed

Research & Development, Projects and Programs

(Part 3/5) No. Grant Title

Total Grant

(RM) Project Title

Period of

Research Status

15 UNIMAS Short

Term Grant 52,960.70

ICT Development for Rural Area –

eBario 2002 Completed

16 UNIMAS Top

Down 100,000.00

ICT Development for Rural Area –

eBario 2006-2008 Completed

17 UNIMAS 10,000 Micro Hydro and Solar PV System

Hybrid for ICT Telecentre 2007-2008 Completed

18 E14054 F02 54

PK4/03/2012 (01) 54,720.00

Energy Optimization for Rural ICT’s

Telecentre

April 2012-

2014 On–going

19 KTP Geran 171,000.00

Design and Development of Micro

Hydro at Semulong Ulu, Lingga,

Sarawak.

April 2012-

2014 On–going

20 R&D Geran 50,000.00 Design and Development of Wind

Turbine

April 2012-

2014 On–going

21

JARIMAS – JKR

L18403/F02/00/JAR

IMAS

1,249,500.00

Sustainable Instream Horizontal

Micro-Hydro Turbine Generator

(JARIMAS Turbine)

April 2010 –

June 2012 Completed

22 PRGS

128,000.00

Modeling of Energy Extraction

From Low Velocity Water Stream

with Micro Hydro Turbine

1 July 2013-30

June 2016 On –going

Research & Development, Projects and Programs

(Part 4/5)

No. Grant Title Total Grant (RM) Project Title Period of

Research Status

23

Telecentre

Programme Among

Orang Asli (TPOA)

in West Malaysia

KKLW:

GL(I03)/07/2013/JA

KAO (07)

4,900,000.00

Solar PV System Installation at

Pos Sinderut ICT Telecentre,

Kuala Lipis, Pahang

April 2013 February

2016

Solar PV System Installation at

Pos Lenjang ICT Telecentre,

Kuala Lipis, Pahang

Solar PV System Installation at

Pos Gob ICT Telecentre, Gua

Musang, Kelantan

Solar PV System Installation at

Pos Balar ICT Telecentre, Gua

Musang, Kelantan

Research & Development, Projects and Programs:

CoERE Grant (Part 5/5)

List of Potential Research and Human Capital Development (Part 1/2) No. Title Level of Study

(PhD, Master,

Undergraduate)

Faculty/Institute/Centre

1 Renewable Energy Policies, Programs and Research Priorities

in Commonwealth Countries

Master/PhD ISITI/CoERE

2 Way Forward of Energy Policy for Commonwealth Countries Master ISITI

3 Design of Smart Village for Sustainable Rural Community Master ISITI

4 Empowering Rural Women on ICT Master ISITI

5 Energy Management System Master CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

6 Impact of Energy on Rural Community Master CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

7 Design of Smart Building System for Rural School Master CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

8 Social Transformation of Rural Community Master CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

9 Framework for Experimenting Technology Assessment in

Social Context

Master ISITI

10 Impact of Technology on Community Master ISITI

11 Investigating the Technology Adoption for Teaching and

Learning in Remote Rural Communities

PhD CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

12 Developing a Visualized Indigenous Knowledge Management

Prototype

Master ISITI

13 Design of Optimized Electrification for Rural Schools Master ISITI

List of Potential Research and Human Capital Development

(Part 2/2) No. Title Level of Study

(PhD, Master,

Undergraduate)

Faculty/Institute/Centre

14 Design Text-free Interfaces for the Illiterates and Disable

Population

PhD ISITI

15 Develop Framework and Methodology for Knowledge Creation

and Innovations in Indigenous Communities

PhD ISITI

16 Develop Low Cost Wireless Network Technology Solution for

Malaysian Rural Communities

PhD ISITI

17 Optimize Energy System for Rural Applications PhD ISITI

18 Socio-Economic Impacts of Telecentre in Rural Community PhD ISITI/FSS

19 Power Quality Management in Genset-Hybrid System PhD CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

20 Performance of Lithium Polymer Battery for Standalone Solar

PV System

Master CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

21 Battery Management System for Energy Optimization Master CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

22 Design of Monitoring System for Genset-Solar Hybrid System Master CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

23 Design of Efficient Inverter for Genset-Solar Hybrid System Master CoERE/Faculty of

Engineering

24 Power Quality Performance for Genset-Solar Hybrid System PhD ISITI

Stakeholders Hydro Power Solar PV System

Ministry of Rural and Regional Development Japanese Government

Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

(MOSTI)

Ministry of Education Solar PV System Equipment Supplier

Ministry of Public Works International Research Council (IDRC), Canada

Ministry of Public Utilities Sarawak Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

(MOSTI)

Institute of Social Informatics and Technological

Innovations (ISITI-CoERI)

Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB SEDA

OSAKA Gas Japan

UNIMAS Holding Sdn. Bhd.

Local Consultant Local Consultant

Local Contractor Local Contractor

Community (Sites Specific)

Drainage and Irrigation Department

Sarawak River Authority

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