GEA installs Solar PV System at Siriki Primary School

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), recently, installed a 6kWp Solar Photovoltaic (PV) system along with a 28.8kWh Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Siriki Primary School in Region Two. The Siriki Nursery School was also connected to the electricity supply from the solar system.

The items installed at the Siriki Primary School were provided by the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) in keeping with the Govern - ment’s sustainable energy interventions for communities and public buildings in the Hinterland.

Siriki Primary School is located along the Pomeroon River approximately 10 km from Charity, Essequibo in Region Two. In exercising its mandate, the Guyana Energy Agency, provided support 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 schools and the school’s