Jakarta – Airlangga University (Unair) Surabaya develops wind (bayu) as an energy source for wind power plants (PLTB) as the campus world’s concern and support for the sustainability of green energy is increasing. Unair Director of Logistics, Security, Order and Environment, Dr. Karnaji said Thursday (30/6), the simple concept and idea on windmills was motivated by the will to overcome the energy crisis currently facing the global community.
He said at the Unair website that his team took about a month to complete the project. Karnaji said the use of wind as renewable energy is growing. He said that the increasing use of energy across all sectors in addition to reducing existing energy reserves, also led to an increase in the production of CO2 gas emissions.
Karnaji said this simple PLTB uses a horizontal type savonius turbine that can follow wherever the wind direction will come. “We started working on it in November 2021 and finished one month later. We place the windmill in the Merr Campus (C) compost house area so that it can meet the electricity needs of the grinding machine and other machines,” he explained.
The windmill will produce electricity and be stored in a battery. The windmill drives a turbine with a capacity of 1,000 watts with a storage capacity of 4,000 watts. (Hartatik)
Banner photo: Unair develops mini windmill power generators. (Source: Unair Doc)
