Implementation of Solar Panels as a Support af Hydroponic Agriculture at Dewaponik Yogyakarta

¹ Management of Agribusiness, Collage of Vocational Studies-IPB University, Indonesia
² Communication, Collage of Vocational Studies-IPB University, Indonesia
³ Seed Industrial Technology, Collage of Vocational Studies-IPB University, Indonesia

^* Corresponding Author: donisahat@apps.ipb.ac.id

Abstract

Hydroponics is cultivated land in agriculture without using soil media, but agricultural activities by operating using water as a soil replacement medium. Dewaponik is one of the businesses engaged in agriculture using a hydroponic cultivation system located in the Yogyakarta area. The main focus of hydroponic cultivation at Dewaponik Yogyakarta is vegetable plants that can be cultivated using a hydroponic system, such as curly lettuce, pakcoy, kale, red lettuce, and romaine lettuce. The cultivation system at the Dewaponik Yogyakarta Company uses an NFT system, namely the Nutrient Film Technique, with a water pump that is used to drain water in a hydroponic installation. If you forget to turn on the pump or there is a power outage/ blackout by PLN, plants that need nutrients and oxygen will die and not grow; solutions for hydroponic plants using the NFT method must be creative without worrying about these problems. One alternative that can be developed is the implementation of solar panels for hydroponic water pumps. Solar panels with solar panels can get electrical energy from the most abundant energy source on earth, namely the sun. The implementation of solar panels for hydroponic agriculture at Dewaponik Yogyakarta is analyzed using a business plan analysis. The increase in income through the implementation of solar panels as a support for hydroponic agriculture in Dewaponik can be applied by Dewaponik with increased production and a wider market so as to provide greater income to Dewaponik companies.