Asia / Commercial & demonstration

Sumba Smart Microgrid

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations3
System facts4
Sources reviewed3
Last researched2026-07-19

Sumba's 500 kWp smart microgrid demonstration was a BPPT–Kyudenko technology-cooperation project. Public reports identify the partners and Smart Energy Management System, but do not disclose the PV-module, inverter, battery, or controller model numbers.

Research status
Demonstration commissioned in 2017; present operating status not independently confirmed
Historical classification
Community
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
-9.43712, 119.05763
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.

Project delivery

Who was involved in Sumba Smart Microgrid?

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

Organization

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

Indonesian project lead and research organization [2]

Organization

Kyudenko Corporation

Japanese technology and project partner [2]

Organization

PT PLN (Persero)

Host electricity network and meter-data source described in the technical literature [3]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
500 [1]
Solar PV
500 kWp [2][3]
Control architecture
Smart Energy Management System integrating PV, battery, load, and PLN network data [2][3]

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.

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Energy-management system

Smart Energy Management System (SEMS)

Developed and commissioned through the BPPT–Kyudenko cooperation; commercial hardware and software model numbers were not stated. [2]

Provenance

3 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 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
  3. [3]
    Load sharing control for the Sumba smart microgrid

    E3S Web of Conferences · Primary source