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Baron Techno Park

Current status, energy mix, organizations, suppliers, equipment, controls, reported specifications, and project updates—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations6
System facts23
Sources reviewed6
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

Baron Techno Park is an off-grid renewable-energy research and demonstration site at Parang Racuk, Gunungkidul. Its documented hybrid plant combined 36 kW of PV, two wind turbines totaling 15 kW, nominal 25 kW diesel and 25 kW biodiesel generators, a battery bank reported as 288 kVAh/1,200 Ah, and a 25 kVA hybrid controller. The available plant changed over time: a 2017 study said only 24 kW of PV and 5 kW of wind were operating, while a 2023 engineering paper describes a current 36 kW PV/5 kW wind/20 kWh battery/25 kW inverter configuration and reports that the Fortis wind turbine had been stopped by a 2019 malfunction.

Research status
Continues to be documented as an off-grid research/test microgrid. The 5 kW Fortis wind subsystem had been out of service since a 2019 malfunction and was planned for reinstallation in the 2023 paper; no later public confirmation of its return to service was found through July 2026. PV/battery operation is described in 2023, but a recent measured generation mix was not located.
Historical classification
University
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
-8.13243, 110.54369
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Who was involved in Baron Techno Park?

6 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)

Original developer and research operator of Baron Techno Park; its functions were later absorbed into Indonesia's BRIN. [4][5]

Organization

Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT; now BRIN)

Developer and research-site operator [2][3]

Organization

Fortis Wind Energy

Manufacturer of the 5 kW wind turbine documented in the 2023 engineering paper. [5]

Organization

Government of Norway

NORAD grant funder reported for the 2009 hybrid-system development [2]

Organization

Government of the Special Region of Yogyakarta

Regional project collaborator [2]

Organization

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)

Grant funder associated with the site's establishment in 2009. [5]

System evidence

Energy mix, capacity, and specifications

Values can describe different project phases, generation sources, storage systems, or other components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
40 [1]
KW Gas/Diesel
100 [1]
Published installed PV
36 kW [2]
Published wind generation
10 kW plus 5 kW turbines [2]
Published firm generation
25 kW biodiesel generator plus 25 kW backup diesel generator [2]
Published battery bank
288 kVAh, 1,200 Ah; 120 cells [2]
Installed PV capacity
36 kW: three arrays, each documented as 120 modules at 120 Wp [4][5]
Wind capacity by phase
Original installed total 15 kW (10 kW plus 5 kW); the 2023 configuration describes only the 5 kW Fortis unit, which had been stopped since 2019 due to malfunction [4][5]
Dispatchable generation
25 kW diesel generator and 25 kW biodiesel generator in the 2017 system inventory [4]
Legacy battery description
288 kVAh / 1,200 Ah in the 2017 equipment profile; the same paper's introduction says 228 kVAh, an internal conflict [4]
2023 battery description
20 kWh [5]
Hybrid inverter/controller
25 kW/kVA class hybrid inverter and data-acquisition/control system [4][5]
2017 study load
184.7 kWh/day, averaging approximately 7.7 kW [4]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Hybrid power controller

Model not publicly disclosed

Published rating is 25 kVA; manufacturer and model were not disclosed in the reviewed sources. [2]

02

Wind turbine

Fortis Wind Energy

5 kW DC-output wind turbine connected through the site's main control room and hybrid inverter; reported stopped since 2019 because of malfunction. [5]

03

PV arrays

Model not publicly disclosed

Three nominal 14.4 kWp module groupings are described by component count (120 x 120 Wp each), although the installed project rating is consistently reported as 36 kW; this published arithmetic inconsistency is not silently resolved. [4]

04

Hybrid controller and inverter

Model not publicly disclosed

25 kVA-class unit in the main control room, integrating PV, wind, storage, dispatchable generation, and data acquisition. [4][5]

05

Battery bank

Model not publicly disclosed

The 2017 profile describes two arrays, eight strings per array and 15 batteries per string, while also printing 120 cells; the count statements are internally inconsistent. A 2023 paper instead characterizes the active configuration as 20 kWh. [4][5]

Technical record

Architecture, performance, and project updates

Concise technical facts, milestones, operating results, and later developments. Dated notes distinguish historical design claims from current evidence.

  • Architecture

    PV, wind, biodiesel/diesel, battery storage, and inverter resources connect through an off-grid hybrid controller with data acquisition. The site is primarily a demonstration and research platform rather than a utility-scale supply plant. [4][5]

  • Availability in 2017

    The 2017 performance study says obstacles left only 24 kW of the 36 kW PV inventory and 5 kW of the 15 kW wind inventory operating at the study time. [4]

  • Wind outage update

    The Fortis 5 kW turbine stopped operating in 2019 due to malfunction. The 2023 paper says reinstallation was planned in the near future, but the review found no later commissioning confirmation. [5]

  • Fuel research

    A 2015 site account says the biodiesel demonstration shifted from unsuccessful jatropha feedstock toward used cooking oil; the installation was a pilot/research line, not commercial mass production. [6]

  • Performance caveat

    Large annual generation and energy-mix figures in the 2017 paper are HOMER-model results, not metered operating production, and are therefore not presented as an observed energy mix here. [4]

Provenance

6 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  2. [2]
    Effect of Load Growth on PLTH Baron Techno Park Performance

    Indonesian Ministry of Education Garuda repository · Primary source

  3. [3]
    Renewable Energy: Policy and Strategy — Baron Technopark demonstrations

    National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) · Primary source

  4. [4]
    Effect of Load Growth on PLTH Baron Techno Park Performance

    Garuda / Indonesian Ministry of Education research repository · Primary source

  5. [5]
    Performance Analysis of Wind Turbine at Baron Techno Park

    Evergreen, Joint Journal of Novel Carbon Resource Sciences & Green Asia Strategy · Primary source

  6. [6]
    Baron Technopark diharapkan dongkrak kunjungan wisata

    ANTARA News Yogyakarta · Secondary research

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