Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960924174623.17391A@igc.apc.org> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 17:46:23 -0700 From: "Brian J. Coan, Political Skeleton" <mailto:brian@PEACENET.ORG> Subject: --Bergey Units to Indonesia To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
BERGEY UNITS TO INDONESIA IN USAID/WORLD BANK PROJECTBergey Windpower Co., Inc., of Norman, Okla., said it has signed a contract with Winrock International for 16 small wind turbines for various applications on islands in eastern Indonesia in a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank's Global Environmental Facility (GEF).
Company president Michael Bergey said the first 10 machines, five 1.5-kW and five 10-kW units, will be installed at sites on the islands of Timor, Sumba, Alor, and Roti. Six 850-watt turbines were also included in the firm's winning proposal to Winrock International, the project contractor, but Bergey said Winrock has not yet located "cost-recoverable applications" for the smaller units. The highest rate of return, he said, is for water pumping applications, and the 850-watt machine is only available for battery charging at present.
The program under which the machines are being installed is called the Windpower for Islands and Nongovernmental Development (WIND) project. Winrock issued a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for 16 turbines last spring.
While six of the 10 units that are ready for installation will be used for water pumping, Bergey said, four will provide electric power for other applications, including icemaking for a remote roadside market, icemaking for fish refrigeration, and lighting for a rural training center for non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
In addition to serving as the primary contractor for the wind installations, Winrock has carried out a related consulting project aimed at developing appropriate institutional arrangements for ownership and maintenance of the wind machines, according to Mark Huisenga, an associate with Winrock's Renewable Energy and the Environment Program. A draft document on Winrock's recommendations indicates that local NGOs would be trained to operate and maintain the machines, read meters and bill end-users for electricity, while banks or other local finance organizations would collect payments and keep records.
Notes the document, "The sustainability of the WIND Project's windpower applications . . . is likely to depend on the institutional arrangements under which these systems are owned, administered, and operated. . . . Incentives need to be incorporated into each application to . . . promote continued use and upkeep of the wind energy systems."
For further information, contact Michael Bergey, Bergey Windpower Co., 2001 Priestley Avenue, Norman, OK 73069, USA, phone (405) 364-4212, fax (405) 364-2078, e-mail mailto:<mbergey@bergey.com>, WWW http://www.bergey.com .
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