ISSN 2549-3698 Muhammad Ikhsan, Nuzuli Fitriadi e-ISSN 2549-3701 CIRCUIT: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Teknik Elektro, Vol.5, No.2, Agustus 2021 | 201 DOI : 10.22373/crc.v5i2.9565 Electrification Status of Alue Keujrun Village and Kluet River Hydrokinetic Energy Potential: A Survey Report Muhammad Ikhsan 1 , Nuzuli Fitriadi 2 1 Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh 1 Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany 2 Politeknik Aceh Selatan e-mail: m.ikhsan@ar-raniry.ac.id 1 , nuzuli@poltas.ac.id 2 Diterima: 02-06-2021 Disetujui: 13-08-2021 Diterbitkan: 31-08-2021 Abstract This paper provides survey results of an electricity system that has been carried out from isolated village of Alue Keujrun, South Aceh, Indonesia. The village has a central photovoltaic power plant and a micro hydro power plant. Various problems in the field such as operation errors, lack of maintenance of the electric power system, low voltage and frequency have been found. Power plant operators have also never received any formal training from any institution. The village is located next to the Kluet river which has a very large potential to become a hydrokinetic power plant energy source. Therefore the Kluet river flow velocity was also measured during the survey and described within this paper. Based on the interviews results with local operators, the village power plant does not have an operating permit. Thus, we consider that it is important to review the types of permits required to establish a power plant in Indonesia, including small-scale power plants. Keywords: renewable energy, hydrokinetic energy, isolated grid, maintenance, power plant permit. Abstrak Artikel ini memaparkan hasil survey sistem ketenagalistrikan desa terisolasi yang telah dilakukan pada desa Alue Keujrun, Aceh Selatan, Indonesia. Desa ini memiliki pembangkit listrik tenaga surya sentral dan pembangkit listrik tenaga mikrohidro. Berbagai temuan di lapangan seperti kesalahan operasi, kurangnya perawatan sistem tenaga listrik, rendahnya tegangan dan frekuensi listrik telah ditemukan. Operator sistem kelistrikan juga tidak pernah mendapat pelatihan formal dari lembaga manapun. Desa ini juga sangat berpotensi untuk memiliki pembangkit listrik tenaga hidrokinetik, oleh karena itu hasil pengukuran kecepatan aliran sungai Kluet turut dipaparkan. Berdasarkan hasil wawancara terhadap operator pebangkit listrik, pembangkit listrik desa tidak memiliki izin operasi. Maka dari itu didalam artikel ini penulis merasa perlu untuk meninjau ulang jenis perizinan yang diperlukan untuk mendirikan pembangkit listrik termasuk pembangkit listrik berskala kecil. Kata kunci: energi terbarukan, energy hidrokinetik, jaringan terisolasi, perawatan, izin pembangkit listrik. Introduction The development of power plants with hydro energy sources has become a concern of various groups, including academician, practitioners, community, and the government. Indonesia with its innumerous natural water resources has the potential to be used as a power plant (Syahputra and Soesanti, 2021). One of the challenges in the utilization of hydro energy is the availability of energy which is fluctuate and highly dependent on the ecosystem conditions (Petinrin and Shaaban, 2012). However, with the rapid development of supporting technology (Li et al., 2020) and good planning (Sangpetch, 2014), the disadvantages in the utilization of hydro energy can