Before the Solar could be installed I had to build my first wall and it looks pretty good (if I do say so myself).
If you had been living at Kesho Leo, you would be well aware that over previous months you were relying on 3 hours of power a night. This power is produced by a noisy little generator grinding away under your floor boards and was your only opportunity to use some of the 102 light bulbs at Kesho Leo. This will soon be a sound of the past, as the long awaited sight of solar panels being lifted onto the butterfly roof of Kesho Leo has come!
Getting solar power to the Kesho Leo residents has been a priority on my very long to-do list since I arrived in Arusha 4 months ago. This has been an ongoing process and as always one that has been pole pole (slowly slowly), as is the style here in Tanzania. With the help of Eve in Australia and Clive Jones (our local solar guy) we got everything organised and underway.
There have been a few delays in locating some essential parts from the USA (due to high demand), and we are still waiting for one core component to arrive, but we have made some great progress by going ahead with the first stage of installation last week
A visit by the Golder Trustees last week (the group who donated the funds for the solar power), meant we were able to proudly show off the installation of the much need power source.
So as of Wednesday Kesho Leo will have 14 24v 170w panels charging 12 Deep Cycle Batteries all supplying up to 3.5kW a Day. How exciting!
By Glen Muller
3 comments:
Absolutely fantastic news!! Well done Glen and team. I can just imagine the excitement on the Mamas and kids faces. Karen
Awesome news. What will that much power run. Does it give 50% of the village needs for example
P.S Nice looking wall Glen.
Glen- this is just brilliant! I am so excited to see those panels going up on the roof. You've been a true champion with solar-ing on! :) lala salama (sweet dreams)
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