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Electric Light from Lake Water

Thursday, March 12, 2026

This Islamic boarding school uses a lake it built itself to power a microhydro plant. It once received the Kalpataru environmental award.

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The dam used to power the turbine that generates electricity for Baabussalam Al Amin Islamic Boarding School in Toba Village, Sekampung Udik, East Lampung, March 2, 2026. Tempo/Tony Hartawan. tempo : 177879992752.

SADDAM Husein, wearing a sarong and a black cap, stepped down from the RX-King motorcycle he rode. The student of the Baabussalam Al-Amin Islamic boarding school then entered a room and walked down a wooden staircase toward the turbine chamber of the microhydro power plant. Not long after, Muhammad Zein Fanani, his fellow student, followed.

At the bottom of the bunker-like room stood a yellow turbine about 5 meters long. The turbine was equipped

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