Who would have thought, it turned kedondong tree can generate electricity. Naufal Raziq, a 15-year-old Acehnese boy who found him. He managed to make electricity from a tree kedondong since 2 years ago when he was 13 years old.
From natural science lessons (IPA) in school, Naufal knows fruits such as mango, starfruit, acid can form an electric current because it contains acid content.
In elementary school, Naufal had experimented, he put copper and metal plates into potatoes, an electric current appeared. This is the last place Naufal rested.
Then came the idea to try a tree. Like fruits, trees also contain acids. Admirers BJ Habibie and Thomas Alfa Edison is then trying the number of trees such as mango trees, starfruit, until finally the tree kedondong.
"Every tree is frugal, I use the fence kedondong because it has a large stalk, easy to grow, if we open the skin does not decay, can heal," said Naufal when met at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jakarta. , Friday (5/19/2017).
He explained, to generate electricity from the tree kedondong only needed copper, metal, and cloth or tissue. Cloths or tissues are used to coat copper and metal. Trees hollowed, then copper and metal that has been coated cloth / tissue to the hole.
The function of fabric / tissue is to absorb the acid from the tree, then send it to copper and metal. From there an electric current arises.
"For energy generation, we need the same copper metal to convert acid into electricity, and then replace it to a tree, we coat copper and metal with tissues and fabrics, its function to absorb acid, we fold it together, Put it in a tree," he explained. .
Each hole in the kedondong tree can produce 1 Volt of electric current. Each tree can be made 4 holes kedondong and 4 Volt results. Then electricity from 4 trees kedondong goods 1 lamp.
"One hole is 1 Volt So if we want to add enough electricity to add holes and trees, one tree there are 4 holes 4 trees can for 1 lamp," naufal explained.
Naufal's discovery has been applied to illuminate dozens of homes in the village of Tampur Paloh, Langsa, Aceh.
"The cost needed for goods 2 lamps (from electricity trees) is Rp 1.2 million.It is now built by Pertamina, so all Pertamina is the responsibility, the community only provides trees," he concluded.