Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) provided assistance in the form of five electric boat engines and 10 battery units to fishing communities in Kelan Village. Just so you know, Kelan Village is part of the Sustainable Energy Village program (DEB KENALI).
Corporate Social Responsibility Manager of PT Pertamina International Shipping, Transfer Istik Wahyuni, said that the provision of CSR assistance for Kelan Village is quite unique when compared to other programs that have been carried out due to the use of energy from this solar panel as a power for fishing boat engines.
"Well, one of our assistance is to provide fishermen's machines that use electrical energy," said Transfer to the media crew when met in Kelan Village, Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
Divisi said, with this assistance, fishermen can save up to 70 percent of the costs incurred when compared to when they were still using fuel as fuel. With this new ship engine, fishing communities no longer pay, even charging is done by utilizing solar panels installed at Balai Serba Guna, Kelan Village.
"For example, if you want to finish, just charge it. Because we also help with the solar panels and charging stations. So they can immediately charge it in the place we have provided," he explained.
Instead of claiming, the benefits of the DEB KENALI program are now starting to be felt by the community. For example, reducing emissions of up to 62 kg of CO2 in 2 months using an electric boat engine.
"So almost 0 percent of course that's it. That's why the reduction can be very far," he continued.
One of the beneficiaries, Wayan Wirtha, who works as a fisherman, admitted that in terms of speed, electric machines are quite competitive when compared to electric machines.
Wayan claimed to have used an electric engine for two months, and another conclusion he felt was that he was more comfortable when used to carry out bird watching activities in the mangrove forest area around Kelan Village because of the quieter engine sound.
"If it is used along the forest, it is good to stalk the birds. For me, it is good," continued Wayan.
Wayan also revealed that he had used this electric machine to circle Tanjung Benoa 15 times and found no significant problems other than the engine temperature that had increased. However, this problem has been resolved when he contacted a technician.
"There is no problem, no. At best it's just hot. Now I give advice to the mechanics, add cooling, it turns out to be okay. It's good for me. I tried again, the speed is stable," said Wayan.
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To provide this ship engine, PIS cooperates with Azura Indonesia as an innovator of electric-powered ship engines.
Azura Indonesia CEO and Co-Founder Nadea Nabilla Putri said the ship's engine, named MantaOne, was inflated with an lithium ion battery that could be operated for three hours sailing or with a distance of 15 nautical miles.
"One cooper battery, the maximum use of non stop speed can be 3-4 hours, because there is also a current factor," he explained.
Meanwhile, for the use of swap batteries, Dea admitted that she only lasted one hour of use. According to Dea, this is because the battery capacity is smaller so that its use only lasts for one hour.
"Because if the swap is less capacity than we have. The only idea is to connect, connect. So the ecosystem is like that," said Dea.
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