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Students to join wind turbine competition
In a bid to help develop alternative energy in the country, 31 universities and polytechnic colleges from across Indonesia are to join a wind turbine competition to be held on Dec
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n a bid to help develop alternative energy in thecountry, 31 universities and polytechnic colleges from across Indonesia are tojoin a wind turbine competition to be held on Dec. 1 to 15 at the Baru Beach inSrandakan, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta.
In a cooperation between the Bantul regency administration, Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and the Education and Culture Ministry, the event is to be held for a second time.
'We will make this an annual event to help improve alternative energy,' head of Bantul Regency Planning Agency (Bappeda), Tri Saktiyana, who is also chairman of the competition's organizing committee, said on Wednesday.
Separately, Sunarto of UGM's student affairs directorate said alternative energy like this could not be built in the form of one big wind turbine on a single site, but had to be built in the form of many small generators.
Sunarto also said the organizing committee received some 60 proposals for participation in the event but there were only 31 teams considered eligible for the competition.
Viktoria Suhartini of the Education and Culture Ministry expressed her support for the program.
'All the expenses for this competition are paid for by the Education and Culture Ministry,' Victoria said.
