Target schools must meet these criteria: the installation will substantially reduce carbon emissions; fuel savings will go to education; we are confident the community will protect and maintain the system; the site is accessible for safe installation. The next three projects are listed below with four others in the same region to follow. Future targets include Tonga, Samoa, Solomans, East Timor with others to be considered.

  • Rabi High School example
  • Project components

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    Togo Village school, on the island of Qamea, caters for one hundred and two students up to year eight. The four teachers have residences in the vicinity of the school. The project will almost fully replace the existing diesel generator and supply daytime power to the school, pre exam night study for years seven and eight (approximately sixty hours per year) and the teachers' residences from six to ten pm.


    The current annual school budget is approximately AUD9000 (not including teachers' wages). Nearly $2500 of this is spent on generator fuel. The new system will increase educational resources by approximately twenty-five percent and save up to 100 tonnes of CO2.


    Kioa Island school has one hundred and six students up to year eight who are taught by five teachers. A relatively small renewable system will replace a five kVA generator that currently supplies daytime power to the school. In this case teachers' residences will not be included because they are supplied by the main village generator that runs in the evenings.


    The solar power system will deliver a fuel saving of nearly $2000 per year and boost teaching resources by about twenty percent. The diesel generator is unreliable so the repair or replacement costs will also be saved and available for education. Over 60 tonnes of CO2 will be saved over the expected life of the system.

     

    Wairiki school, on the island of Taveuni, has eight hundred students up to year twelve. Many of whom are from nearby islands and board at the school for their senior years. There are fifty teachers.
    The school has a small (3.5kVA) generator supplying the three administration offices, a 14kVA unit that supplies the school and a large 40kVA generator supplying evening power to the teachers' residences and boarding houses. Our goal is to replace most of the capacity of the two smaller generators.


    The current fuel cost of the generators to be replaced exceeds $15,000 each year. We hope to reduce this by more than seventy-five percent. This is a great boost to education and a CO2 saving in the order of 300 tonnes.

    Many more to follow

     

    We aim to install hundreds of systems across the Pacific.



    To achieve that goal we need generous people to contribute.



    You will put smiles on kid's faces and contribute to a sustainable for future for us all.