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<br />Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com99tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-65236708665450542242015-01-04T01:55:00.002-08:002015-01-04T02:29:26.179-08:00Major challenge faced in 2014: The Penampang Floods<br />
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An aerial view of the devastation from the floods that hit Penampang</div>
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Moyog River bursts its banks, Land becomes sea of water. this photo was taken in front of CREATE</div>
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our workshop was totally flooded. The flood waters raised rapidly most of the heavy equipment was not saved from the flood waters</div>
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Elevron, one of our trainee playing around with a surf board</div>
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Gabe's surf board was used to rescue Linggang the Dog</div>
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while waiting for the flood to reside, our staff and trainees too opportunity to do some fishing</div>
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this is what we find after the flood waters resides. Our machinery was severely affected and our workshop is full of mud and sand </div>
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our store room where we have our tools was also full of mud</div>
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everything is in a mess</div>
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mud is everywhere</div>
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Now the hard work for the cleanup</div>
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we have setup our own group called "Penampang Broom Army"</div>
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Penampang Broom Army in action</div>
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we had to take water from nearby drain for the cleanup- don't want to waste treated water to wash all the mud</div>
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All hands on deck</div>
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Thanks to all who helped in the Gotong Royong </div>
<br />Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-32050387601972395512014-12-28T17:54:00.001-08:002014-12-28T17:54:22.607-08:00TONIBUNG successfully installed 5th Micro Hydro Turbine for 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Team Tonibung have reached new milestone after successfully installed 5th Micro hydro turbine for 2014, two more turbines compared to 3 units in 2013. This new milestone was part of the current effort by Tonibng to up-scale its Micro Hydro works in Malaysia through support from Lundin Foundation which has enable Tonibung to invest more on Human resources, Tools and training for our team members. The following are some of the pictures taken during installation of the 5th Micro Hydro system, a 18kw Capacity Crossflow Turbine at Pa' Ramapuh, Bario, Sarawak</div>
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Transporting Heavy loads of equipment to the Power house site</div>
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Assembling on site the electro mechanical equipment</div>
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Preparing the turbine and generator foundations</div>
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mixing concrete. the correct mixture and consistency of the concrete mix is important</div>
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getting ready for the concrete pour</div>
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pouring the concrete to the foundation with the turbine pre-align and levelled</div>
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Halfway during the concrete pour, the Generator is aligned and leveled</div>
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finishing the concrete works for the coundations</div>
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The turbine and Generator </div>
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<br />Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-41599310746470663942014-12-28T17:09:00.000-08:002014-12-28T17:09:56.289-08:00Turbine Fabrication at CREATE Borneo up and running<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
2014 marks a new chapter for Tonibung as we have developed our full capacity to fabricate and assemble micro hydro turbines locally at our Centre for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technologies (CREATE) in Penampang, Sabah.</div>
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we were joined by new team of local technicians that have the skills to machine and fabricate parts of the micro hydro turbines. This is also made possible through Grant support from the National Geographic Society through the Great Energy Challenge program.</div>
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The turbine design are from over 15 years of experience in developing community based micro hydro in Malaysia. Also the years of partnership with Green Empowerment that have built the capacity of Tonibung to its current level. </div>
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Tonibung also invested extensively on machinery and manpower to enable the Fabrication of Micro Hydro turbines. So far Tonibung is focussing of Pelton and Turgo turbine designs, but start venturing other types such as Crossflow and Kaplan turbine to have better range of selection for turbine to meet the needs of the sites that we are developing community based Micro hydro Projects.</div>
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From Sketches to actual turbine prototypes, Tonibung team of technicians assisted by our international interns continues to refine the designs and fabrication techniques. </div>
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Training of local technicians have been Tonibung's main targets for 2014, up to date Tonibung have trained over 15 community micro hydro operators and 8 technicians capable of conducting feasibility studies, construction and installation of micro hydro system in remote areas. we hope 2015 will bring more development and continued support for our work.</div>
<br />Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-60096534763363661292013-12-01T17:52:00.001-08:002013-12-01T17:52:45.598-08:00Long Lamai Micro Hydro System Comes Online!After a lot of hard work by TONIBUNG and the villagers, the micro hydro system at Long Lamai, Sarawak, is now online!<br />
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It provides 24-hour-a-day renewable energy to 400 villagers.<br />
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Below are some pictures of the final stages of installation.<br /><br />
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TONIBUNG, Green Empowerment and Engineers Without Borders travelled on an expedition into the Ulu Papar region in Western Sabah to
collect data from various tributaries to the Papar river. Data was collected for use in feasibility
studies for micro hydro projects in three isolated, roadless villages, which are off-grid and do not currently have access to electricity, except intermittently from generators. Initial
community consultation and discussion about the hydro projects was held with each
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The expedition party departed Donggongong travelling towards
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forest. Up to eight hours had been scheduled for this hike, but luckily it was
completed in less than half that time. The party passed a simple pipe intake for
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The village is picturesque and well-kept, located near to the headwaters of the river Papar. Setting up in the community hall, the party met village
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Concerns include the fact that the village households are
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Leaving Longkogungan in the afternoon, the party hiked to
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Measurements were taken in the morning in a rocky stream with a strong flow. Several villagers helped with
the survey and were already familiar with the some of the survey equipment. Hiking to a separate property in Kalangaan, the party completed a further
survey in a less accessible stream with the help of a villager here.<br />
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The party then departed Kalangaan for Pongobonon on a two-hour hike
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for Sustainable Growth in Sabah), at the Sutera Harbour Resort in Kota Kinabalu. Along with Green Empowerment, TONIBUNG addressed the conference on small-scale renewable energy and TONIBUNG's work in Sabah and Sarawak.<br />
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renewable energy exhibition, involving some last minute wiring for the
hydro/solar hybrid unit, and assembling the wind turbine and solar hybrid
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<br />Gabriel Wynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748533234358799052noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-74375558544489322162013-04-16T01:26:00.001-07:002013-04-16T01:26:07.228-07:00Tech Transfer with HEKSA Hydro IndonesiaHEKSA Hydro, TONIBUNG and Green Empowerment have been partners for over a decade. In February 2013, TONIBUNG and Green Empowerment representatives traveled to HEKSA Hydro's Headquarters in Bandung and sealed the deal on a further partnership that will see HEKSA turbines assembled in Malaysian Borneo. The group also traveled to a micro-hydro site in Cijambe, West Java, where a village community is maintaining a grid-tied system running from their irrigation canal.<br />
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TONIBUNG and Green Empowerment are proud members of the Southeast Asia Renewable Energy Peoples's Assembly (SEAREPA). SEAREPA's inaugural gathering commenced on October 29th 2012. 80 organizations were represented at the event, including a number of indigenous community leaders, clean energy practitioners, academics, entrepreneurs and activists from all over the region. SEAREPA saw the birth of a Borneo village micro-hydro network and a Southeast Asia micro-hydro network, both of which TONIBUNG are active members of.<br />
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The 5 kilowatt micro-hydro turbine in the Murut village of Kampung Babalitan, Sabah is now installed and up and running. A few finishing touches remain to be made, including the addition of several more pipes (the Babalitan MHP has two intakes), and the completion of the electrical distribution system. We expect the system to be fully operational within the month, with the formal launching to be held this October.</div>
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After completion, the system will be delivering 24-hour electricity to the homes of Kg. Babalitan's 200 residents. When power is not needed in the day-time, residents have the option of utilizing the turbine's mechanical energy to power a rice mill that has been integrated with the system.</div>
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This project will be the 5th of its kind in the Pensiangan district to have been implemented by local villagers. These projects have been facilitated by TONIBUNG with support from organizations PACOS Trust, JOAS,
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5 village-based operators are being trained to maintain and manage the system. They will be able to perform any basic maintenance and repairs, and will be in communication with TONIBUNG staff after the project has been completed. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The People of Kg. Babalitan put the finishing touches on the 5kilowatt turbine.</td></tr>
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Gabriel Wynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748533234358799052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-40057287979093683042012-09-17T02:54:00.002-07:002012-09-18T17:10:23.738-07:00Introducing the Long Lamai Micro-Hydro ProjectLong Lamai is located in the Ulu Baram area of Sarawak, a rainforest that has been conceded to logging companies for the past twenty years, in spite of protests of the indigenous Kenyah, Kayan, Saban, Punan, Kelabit and Penan tribes that have resided in the area for generations.<br />
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The village of Long Lamai houses over 400 sedentary Penan people, who subsist off of rice and forest products such as the sago palm. Their ancestral rainforest lands have been systematically exploited by the timber company Samling since the late 1990's, but the remaining Penan have managed to adapt to the changing times under the visionary leadership of their young head man, Wilson Bian Belare and his father, Belare Jabu before him.<br />
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In partnership with UNIMAS (the University of Malaysia Sarawak), staff and volunteers from TONIBUNG, the Borneo Project and Green Empowerment will be in Long Lamai for the next 3 months to facilitate the construction of a 16 kW micro-hydro power system. The system will provide the residents of Long Lamai with 24-hour renewable electricity and continue to demonstrate to Malaysia's government and the public that development need not come at the expense of indigenous peoples and the natural environment. UNIMAS and TONIBUNG have already been working in Long Lamai for several months, constructing a solar-powered village telecenter that enables broadband and telephone access in this remote village. With renewable power at the telecenter, all that's left is to provide electricity to the 400 village residents.<br />
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As with all TONIBUNG projects, the community is at the helm. TONIBUNG and its partners only play a consultative role in the process, while the locals, who know their forests, rivers and people better than anyone else, are responsible for managing, maintaining, and in large part, building the system.<br /><br />Stay tuned to this blog for more updates on the Long Lamai Micro-Hydro Project.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*All photographs courtesy of Sze Ning of Center of Orang Asli Concerns.</span>Gabriel Wynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748533234358799052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-22170314798978202702012-06-25T04:27:00.000-07:002012-06-26T19:18:55.747-07:00Distinguished Energy Professor Daniel Kammen joins Sabah's Indigenous Peoples in the Fight for Clean Energy<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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energy at University of California Berkeley and LEAP board member, paid
us a visit to discuss strategies in initiating Sabah’s progress towards a
green economy. Daniel’s Energy Resources Group (ERG) was a critical
ally in building the campaign that led to the cancellation of a 300 MW
coal plant in Lahad Datu. The discussions occurred in conjunction with
the launch of the Southeast Asia Renewable Energy Peoples’ Assembly (<span style="color: teal;"><a href="http://searepa.com/"><span style="color: teal;">SEAREPA</span></a></span>) – a collaborative space to discuss and strengthen community-based renewable energy initiatives in the region.</span><br />
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Sabah’s transition into community-based renewables, Daniel joined
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representatives in a trek through the Crocker Range rainforest. The
destinations were the micro-hydro powered villages of Terian and
Buayan. The micro-hydro power systems (5 KW and 10KW respectively), are
owned, managed and maintained by the people of Terian and Buayan, and
supported by community organizations PACOS Trust and TONIBUNG (Friends
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel, Adrian Lasimbang of TONIBUNG and Gabriel Wynn of Green Empowerment at Irene Tani's house with the people of Kampung Buayan after community consultations</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica;">The two village communities are
among several others who face relocation as a result of the proposed
Kaiduan Dam. The team was able to offer input on the campaign to halt
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led by Buayan’s own Irene Tani. After dinner with the people of Buayan,
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<span style="font-family: helvetica;">Daniel and the team were quick to
highlight the importance of Buayan continuing to take the lead in
developing their community using renewable resources, and more
importantly, to share their ideas and experiences with other
communities. They also stressed that the story of Buayan- both in terms
of their struggle in opposing the Kaiduan dam, and in terms of their
ability to take their village’s sustainable development into their own
hands- needed to be told. The SEAREPA will be one space where the
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meeting si Puntung.. the female Sumatran Rhino currently at Interim Rhino Facility. Si Puntung lost one of her front feet from a poacher's snare.</div>
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i hope to come back again to Tabin.. look forward for a micro hydro project at this great conservation place..</div>Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-43460881893106693122012-04-30T08:32:00.002-07:002012-04-30T08:32:57.977-07:00MHP Turbines Pre-delivery test<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We are proud to announce that the Pre-delivery test of the turbine for Babalitan MHP have been a success. hopefully by July we can get the turbine on site and ready for installation and commisioning.</div>
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Turbine for Babalitan MHP undergoing test at HEKSA Hydro Facility in Bandung, Indonesia</div>Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-31634010905551816622012-04-13T17:44:00.002-07:002012-04-13T17:44:52.406-07:00Long Lamai Micro Hydro Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have just started a new micro hydro project in Penan community of Long Lamai, Baram, Sarawak. this project is initiated by UNIMAS ISITI-CoERI as part of project to bridge the digital gap. Project is supported by JAPAN ODA. Our team have just concluded the final detailed survey and design. Project target to be completed by Christmas 2012, but this all depends on the logistics and gotong royong</div>
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Panaromic View of SK Long Lamai</div>Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-87168610066835876502012-04-09T06:44:00.001-07:002012-04-09T06:47:01.296-07:00Babalitan MHP progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Just came back from our field trip to Kg. Babalitan to monitor the progress of the Micro hydro project. The construction of the community based micro hydro system is well on the way. we have sent the last batch of HDPE pipes for the penstock and started to the materials for the distribution cable. We hope that if everything goes well, all the civil works can be completed by May. Stay tuned for progress of this project</div>
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Loading pipes and other materials to long boats at Kuala Salong jetty</div>
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Monitoring the progress at Intake 1. Weir and small sluice gate is completed. intake 2 have just started construction. hope to complete by end of this month (April 2012)</div>
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Using Butt welding machine to joint the HDPE pipe on site</div>Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-74421682684278605992012-04-01T09:42:00.000-07:002012-04-01T09:42:01.791-07:00Site Visit to Orang Asli Village of Kg. Ulu Semul & Sagong, Pos Betau, Raub, Pahang<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sungai Kenip, where the micro hydro will be built</div>Tonibunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238949616740716977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-70167074563337425272012-04-01T09:32:00.001-07:002012-04-01T09:32:59.109-07:00Imbak Canyon Conservation Area Micro Hydro feasibility study<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We just concluded a full feasibility study for micro hydro power system at Imbak Canyon Conservation Area. we also explored other renewable energy options for ICCA. Hopefully the Micro hydro will be developed by Yayasan Sabah. It was a very challenging task especially with the weather condition, but dispite all that we completed the study in time.</div>
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The Tonibung crew heading downriver towards Kampung Babalitan.</div>
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Community Organizing: Conducting consultations in preparation for the <i>gotong royong</i> the next day.</div>
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On-site: Tonibung and the Babalitan crew arrive at the nearby system site- a short boat ride from Babalitan proper.</div>
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Doing the math: conducting topographical surveys with the theodolite station.</div>
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Constructing the power house: Top- Sand hauled from the river bank in preparation for drying. Bottom- Cement at the forebay site.</div>
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Meal time: At the intake site taking a much needed rest.</div>
<br />Gabriel Wynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748533234358799052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284589249798613724.post-4615768144003569252012-02-01T23:46:00.000-08:002012-02-01T23:46:00.081-08:00Babalitan Micro-hydroThe team will be heading back to the Pensiangan region on the morning of the 3rd to begin work on a 5 kilowatt micro-hydro system for Kampung Babalitan. This will be Tonibung's 5th project in Pensiangan. Updates and photos upon our return next week!<br />
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