Final steps for the solar panels
Insert in News the day January 22, 2010
The works aimed at providing the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri in Pemba (Zanzibar Archipelago – Tanzania) with solar panels go ahead quickly.
This project will allow the Laboratory to have continuous power supply, overcoming the weighty obstacle represented by the frequent blackouts. At present, in fact, the electrical power depends on the only power station situated in Pemba, supplied by a ship from Tanzania.
The blackouts, which happen on average every other day, require the use of emergency generators, resulting in very high economic cost.
The project involves the installation of solar panels that will provide the electric power needed to make the various equipment work even in case that power supply breaks off, with the single exception of freezers at -80° C (which require the electricity provided by a diesel generator).
The supply, installation and maintenance of the solar panels have been committed to a Tanzanian company, which has performed similar actions on the island before. The installation of the panels has already started.