Region One school equipped with solar power
Solar PV array (3.16kWp) installed on the roof of the Kamwatta Primary School facing the southern end (DPI photo)
Solar PV array (3.16kWp) installed on the roof of the Kamwatta Primary School facing the southern end (DPI photo)

–Over 300 students, 27 staff benefiting

THE Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) in July installed a 3.16kWp Solar Photovoltaic (PV) system along with a 19.2kWh Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Kamwatta Primary School in Region One (Barima-Waini).

The items for the installation at the Kamwatta Primary School were provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support Government’s sustainable energy interventions at community/public buildings in the Hinterland.

Kamwatta is a riverine satellite village of Santa Rosa/Moruca located along the Moruca River, in Region One. GEA conducted an Energy Needs Assessment earlier in 2022 in the village with the objective of providing energy for the Primary School.

Teachers from the Kamwatta Primary School who received training on the operation and maintenance of the Solar PV System (DPI photo)

The Guyana Energy Agency, in exercising its mandate, provided support to the Primary School for the transportation and installation of the solar PV and battery energy storage systems.
This initiative will provide a renewable, stable and reliable electricity supply to the Primary School for its daily activities, benefiting approximately three hundred and twenty-eight (328) students and twenty-seven (27) staff, including teachers and ancillary staff.

Also, its operation will result in the avoidance of an estimated 2,715 kg of CO2 emissions annually.

The teachers present at the time of the solar PV system’s installation expressed their gratitude for the initiative, stating that it will allow them to better utilise the Primary School’s services and provide better learning opportunities for the students. GEA’s Engineers provided training to two (2) male and two (2) female teachers at the facility on the operation and maintenance of the system.

(DPI)

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