Saturday, July 11, 2009

Micronesia: Solar in Paradise







From November 2008 till June 2009 I was involved with the installation of 16 solar PV installations on the remote outer islands of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), funded under the EDF-9 project of the European Union (EU).


FSM is situated in the North Pacific, south of Guam, and its outer islands are some of the remotest places on earth.


The solar PV installations varied in size from 2.5 kWp (installed on health clinics) to 28 kWp (a mini-grid system powering the entire island of Fadrai).



Satawan school



Udot school


Moch church


Onoun municipal complex



A job well done! Onoun



Installation technicians - Satawan


28 kWp solar power plant on Fadrai, Ulith Atoll.
The largest of them all.

More detailed information on this project: