THIS is not the first time for Rote Ndao to recognize an alternative energy to replace fossil fuel. The people there, despite their isolation and possibly having never watched television for not having been touched by the PLN electric network, are the first to know these energy terms rather than people in other places.

In 1997, for example, the Womintra Foundation developed a technology similar to what Agus and his BPPT team are starting. Ten y