Comprehensive Education of RES in Rural Karst Area: Sustainable Development of Solar Water Pumping System in Banyumeneng Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Sustainability is the key issues in the development of Renewable Energy System (RES) in Indonesia. Some government’s RE project just run for short-time period and then technically malfunctioned [1]. The main reason was a lack of local people’s knowledge on RES and the absence of capability of local community in maintenance aspect. This paper presents an example of RE project in Banyumeneng Village namely Solar Water Pumping System (SWPS) which continuously runs over 7 years. By having a comprehensive knowledge transfer and adequate education program to the local people, the sustainability in this RE project can be achieved. This paper presents, its evaluation is done by using SWOT analysis to measure on effectiveness of knowledge transfers in this capacity building programme. Recommendations required to improve the educational method in sustaining RE project in Indonesia are presented.