USAID clean energy project to aid hinterland solar energy initiatives

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with Arizona State University and the Guyana Energy Agency on Wednesday hosted a Clean Energy Workshop aimed at helping solar energy initiatives in hinterland areas.

The workshop, titled ‘Sustainable PV investments in the Developing World,’ was designed to discuss Guyana’s renewable energy infrastructure with a particular focus on long-term technical, financial, institutional and socio-economic sustainability of solar Photo Voltaic (PV) technologies, in particular, for health facilities in rural “off the grid areas,” the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

United States Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt said Guyana is blessed with abundant renewable energy resources which affords it an array of opportunities to explore alternative forms of