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Students of Renewable Energy Engineering at Politeknik Negeri Jember (Polije) successfully developed a wind turbine prototype. This prototype serves as an innovative learning medium for the Wind Energy Conversion System course, supporting SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy).
The project was led by Ahmad Zainur Rifa’i along with team member Moh Imdad Maulana, and was completed in just two weeks. This innovation was designed to help students directly understand the process of converting wind energy into electricity through an efficient and user-friendly teaching tool.
The wind turbine is equipped with voltmeter and ammeter indicators to measure the electrical power output generated. This feature allows users to observe the system’s performance directly.
The team leader, Ahmad Zainur Rifa’i, explained that the device holds high educational value.
“We created this prototype so that it can be used as practical teaching material, while also helping students understand the characteristics of wind turbines and the principle of converting wind energy into electricity,” he said.
According to Ahmad, the tool is useful not only as a learning medium but also can be utilized for simpler and measurable wind turbine performance testing. In the future, the team plans to refine the prototype by adding an anemometer to measure wind speed, aiming for more accurate and in-depth testing results and performance analysis.