Solar power lights up island schools

March 28, 2021 03:00 AM By Rico Osmeña
https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/03/28/solar-power-lights-up-island-schools/

A European Union-backed project has energized two remote island schools in Northern Cebu through solar power.

Dubbed as Project Renewable Energy for Livelihood and Youth (RELY), the solar energization projects is helping energize the communities in Carnaza Elementary School and at Carnaza National High School in an island off Daanbantayan in Cebu.

“We look forward to the time when the students can come to school physically and experience how their learning conditions have improved. For now, the fully energized schools are helping teachers prepare the modules that their students need,” said RELY project director Sabine Schacknat.

The project team completed the installation of the solar power system at the schools despite stringent coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) restrictions.

Under the project, Carnaza Elementary School is powered by a PV system that can generate 21,120 watts-peak (Wp) of electricity and the system includes 64 PV modules, inverters and batteries.

The Carnaza National High School, located on the other side of Carnaza Island, has an installation with a similar generation capacity.
In off-grid islands, teachers often have to go to the mainland to use computers and print teaching materials.

Due to the absence of electricity, students cannot obtain lessons using computers, which put them behind their counterparts in urban areas. Rail check. Workers ensure the safety of railroad tracks along Pandacan in Manila as they start maintenance activities in observance of the Holy Week on Sunday.