utilities
Due to the uninhabited nature of the island all the utlities consumed will have to be generated or collected by our project.
This adds a degree of complexity, but more importantly, it gives us full control and 100% transparency over their quality and source.
Of all the major utilities, we have identified water and electrical power as our main goals.
Asides from those, natural gas will be generated via biogas digesters and connectivity will be secured via a powerful Starlink connection.
Electrical Power
The vast majority of our electrical power will be generated by a carefully planned sequence of solar panels and battery storage.
Rather than having this infrastructure hidden behind the scenes or on out of sight rooftops, our solar panels will be displayed in full sight. We believe that having our sustainable infrastructure visible it further reinforces the fact that we are environmentally conscious and that operations of this scale are perfectly possible!
In the rare case of a natural disaster or if the solar system goes down, we will have backup generators standing by to take up the slack.
Water
Water can be split into two further subgroups, potable and non-potable:
potable Water
Our potable water will come from two main sources, a borehole and a desalinisation plant.
Whilst the borehole option is by far the most energy efficient process, it may have detrimental impacts on the local ground water supply.
For this reason, a balance will be struck to ensure our electrical consumption remains in check whilst maintaining our ground water supply.
non-potable Water
Non-potable water will be used to flush toilets and to water plants, for this reason the demand on its purity is much less of a concern.
We will collect the majority of this water from rainfall.
Situated on the equator, the Mentawais has no shortage of rainfall. All our rooftops and flat surfaces will have the ability to collect and store rainwater.
Utilising this water source reduces the pressure on desalinisation and borehole collection methods.
Water storage
All potable water will be stored in food safe containers located throughout the site, allowing for on demand water whilst maintaining its purity.
Most of the non-potable water will be stored in a sequence of carefully constructed freshwater wetland systems.
This water will be continuously filtered and distributed throughout the site. the beauty of this method is that if our operation is not utilising in the native flora and fauna and use it for their needs.