DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) COLLABORATION PROJECT WITH THE KOREA ENERGY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (KEMCO) ON INTEGRATED BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY IN LUMAJANG, EAST JAVA (2009-2011)

Abstract

The issues of renewable energy and climate change have become some of the most discussed issues in the modern era. The urgency for a renewable energy as the alternative for the commonly used non-renewable energy and the threat imposed by the ever changing climate as the result of global warming have become the concern of many countries, resulting in these countries working together to solve this issues. The United Nations Development Programme, a development body under the United Nations, strives to help their member states to face such issues. This study would like to explain the implementation of the United Nations Development Programme's Switch to Biogas project with cooperation from the Korea Energy Management Corporation. This study is significant in describing the implementation of the United Nations Development Programme's Switch to Biogas project in Lumajang, East Java in collaboration with the Korea Energy Management Corporation. The study would like to explore more on the role of donor in the project as well as the implementation of the project itself. The study takes 2009 until 2011 as the timeframe since the Switch to Biogas project was conducted during that time. This research is a descriptive and analytical research which collects information from literature study and field research.