Tri Mumpuni:
Microhydro is the community, not the technology
June 30, 2010
AT a meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington DC, on April 26, Tri Mumpuni was totally taken aback when Obama greeted her in Indonesian: "Hi, Tri, how are you? From Jakarta, ya?" The petite woman, known for pioneering the community-based microhydro power plant was pleasantly surprised to be singled out by the US President. "I was thrilled," reminisced Tri Mumpuni, Director of the Institute of Business and People's Economy (IBEKA) a non-profit
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