Community Development in Solar Energy Utilization to Support Fish Farming in Sendangsari Village

AbstractAquaculture centers in Yogyakarta located in Sleman District. The main contributors to fish farming in Sleman came from Sendangsari village, Minggir sub district. In an effort to develop production, the government helped to provide the technology assets to one group of fish farmers Sembada Mina Mandiri with solar-powered aeration technology. People still need assistance on utilization of solar energy application, operating and maintenance capabilities. Some of university student in Indonesia conduct the student creativity program to assist the community, also known as program kreativitas mahasiswa (PKM). This student creativity program has the purpose to the community so they can utilize their own technology assets and maintain the sustainability of the utilization of renewable energy sources (solar energy). PKM program includes education about solar energy systems technologies, operating practices, maintenance and security of operations and improving aeration system. Dissemination of information to various media is expected to provide inspiration, knowledge and success story in order to prepare the public for renewable energy technologies. With the increasing readiness of the community then penetration of the technology would be better to strengthen the rapidly growing real sector economic activities. The results of the implementation of the PKM program showed an increased ability of the communities to utilize and maintain technology assets. This is showed from the increase in knowledge and the regularly daily operations of the solar panel system. Another indicator of success, there are 4 people from Sembada Mina Mandiri member responsible as the operator of daily operations, the increased strength of partnerships between communities and the various parties, especially with the Gadjah Mada University and the Ministry for Research and Technology of Indonesia, so that it would be more sustainable