The Wind Field in Bulukumba
Bulukumba regency has built a field of windmills with a novel design: covered in cases. They are seen as more efficient than conventional windmills.
January 26, 2011
NURSIAH only has two lamps in her home in Mariorennu village, Gantaran district, some 10 kilometers from the regency town of Bulukumba, South Sulawesi. Both lights with total energy consumption of only 20 watts are certainly insufficient to illuminate her house, not to mention such entertainment as television, which consumes a lot more electricity than lamps do.
But Nursiah, the 30-year-old resident, has no choice. The state electricity PLN’s
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