Design of Wind and Solar Hybrid Power Plant to Support Electricity Needs for Shrimp Farms in Binangun, Cilacap

The majority of electrical energy needs in Indonesia is fulfilled by coal-fired power plants. Not only these fossil-based fuels are not sustainable, but their use also bring destructive effects to our environment, causing climate change and global warming. Indonesia is committed to reduce fossil-based fuel and increase the use of renewable energy resources. As the largest archipelagic country in the world, Indonesia has abundant potential for aquaculture, one of which is shrimp ponds. In this study, we designed wind and solar hybrid power plant to support the provision of electricity needs for the shrimp ponds. We used HOMER to simulate the proposed design. The result shows that electricity production from solar wind hybrid system at 1,998,584 kWh/year with a large renewable energy fraction of 87.2%. The designed solar wind hybrid power plant (HPP) can reduce CO2 emissions by 63.8% compared to relying on PLN network. The initial investment cost required for the design of the solar wind HPP system is Rp52,902,413,410.