Indonesia Saves 811 Mw Of Electricity During Earth Hour Campaign

JAKARTA, March 29 (Bernama) -- A official of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia said that 811 MW of electricity in Java-Bali power grid was saved during the Earth Hour campaign Saturday night, local media reported here on Monday.

"The latest news we received from the PLN, state-run power firm, some 811 MW of electricity was saved in the one-hour Earth Hour campaign in Java and Bali. In Jakarta alone, the saved electricity reached 150 MW," Fitrian Ariansyah, the WWF Indonesia officer in charge of climate change and energy issue was quoted by the Antara news agency.

That figures were highly-increased from 150 MW in Java-Bali areas and 80 MW in Jakarta alone last year, he added.

WWF Indonesia was a co-organiser of the Earth Hour campaign in the country.

"It shows that more people were participating in Earth Hour energy-saving campaign this year. Some people living in suburb areas of Bintaro and BSD were enthusiastic to take part in the campaign," Fitrian said, referring to two suburb areas in southern Jakarta.

The Jakarta administrator shut down the lamps in the capital city's five landmark places for one hour from 8.30pm to 9.30pm as part of global energy-saving campaign manifested in Earth Hour on Saturday night.

-- BERNAMA