Indonesia for Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2011

Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) is a competition for students to build a vehicle capable of travelling the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel. SEM has been started in Europe since 1985 and in United States since 2007. Meanwhile, for Asia it was first held in 2010 at Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Provide support to education, foster innovations, to improve maintenance and development of technology especially for greater energy efficiency.
• Inspire others to have different way of thinking about energy and provide basis to create practical solutions in facing the future energy challenges.
• Bring together academics, decision makers, expert on energy efficiency and expert of environmental affairs as well as university students with passions for thinking and to be creative on how to get larger energy and releasing the least amount of CO2.
• Shows the commitment of Shell to directly answer the future energy challenges in a more responsible manner.

The participants may choose one of the following fuels for their vehicles:

• Shell Unleaded 95 (EU) / Shell Plus 89 (US)
• Shell Diesel
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
• Shell Gas To Liquid (100% GTL)
• Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (100% FAME)
• Ethanol E100 (100% Ethanol)
• Hydrogen
• Solar
• Plug-in electricity

A total of 10 teams from Indonesia will be competing at the Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2011. The teams are coming from 5 universities in Indonesia, and they are:

University of Indonesia (UI)

Institute Technology Bandung (ITB)

Institute Technology of Sepuluh Nopember (ITS)

University of Gadjah Mada (UGM)

Politeknik Negeri Pontianak (Polnep)