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Indonesia is a country which has sea as natural resources. This vast natural resources are not being utilized well yet, because of the imperfect method in fishing. One of the problem is the lack of knowledge of fishing which can lead to the understanding of preserving freshness on the fish. As a result, quick thinking about trawling which can provides lots of money because of the freshness is considered as win-win solution. However, the problem is trawling which can damage the reef as the main source of the fish.
Therefore, reducing one of the energy cost is one of the solution. In this article, the writer intends to explore the efficient method of using solar-powered refrigerator for keep the freshness of the fish. While the solar-powered machine may have explained in the future article.
The choosing of solar-powered energy for Indonesia fishermen is chosen because of the geographical condition in Indonesia. As tropical country, Indonesia has the beneficial aspect in term of the duration of sunlight. The solar radiation in Indonesia employs about 12 hours every season unless the rainy season depending on the weather. On the other hand, Indonesia’s solar irradiation data that had been collected by Meita Rumbayan and Ken Nagasaka in Jakarta in 2011 was between 15 to 25 MJ/m2 indicating high potential of solar energy [1].
Therefore, functionalization of solar cell or photovoltaic material in certain places to support certain industries is highly recommended and one of them is the fishery industries. The fisheries industries mainly are located nearby the shore implying the area that is opened wide meaning direct solar radiation contact. Generally speaking, with the total numbers of shoreline in Indonesia, cooling storage could improve fishery industries in Indonesia regarding the quality of the product.
The use of solar-powered cooling storage also can reduce the demands of power plant which has been used for generating electricity to society or household. On the other hand, Indonesia traditional fishermen which are mostly lack of budget in preserving the fish eventually would be aided by the presence of communal solar-powered cooling storage nearby the port.
To conclude, in improving the quality of fishery product the active participation by the government is crucial because the government has budget to improve facilities and infrastructures. One of the solution to obtain high-quality-exported fishery product is by constructing cooling storage which can preserve the freshness of the fish. By applying the solar cell technology, the government would not be worried regarding the energy consumption.
References
[1] M. Rumbayan and K. Nagasaka, "Estimation of daily global solar irradiation in Indonesia with Artificial Neural Network (ANN) method," in Proceeding of the International Conference on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology 2011, Putrajaya, 2011.
[2] Image is downloaded from www.beritadaerah.co.id
