The resident students of President’s College now have an alternative means of electricity supply for lights during power outages.
The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) in partnership with Authentix Inc recently installed three stand-alone Solar Photo-voltaic (PV) systems, at a total cost of $2,891,328, to provide energy efficient backup lighting with motion/occupancy sensors in the three dormitories at President’s College.
In a press release, the GEA said that this alternative source of electricity is expected to assist in providing lighting for security purposes during power outages, enabling students to complete assignments, homework and projects in a timely manner, and facilitating studying at nights during power outages.
Previously there was no alternative or backup electricity supply in the event of a utility failure therefore loss of power resulted in much frustration, inconvenience as well as negatively impacted the resident students at night. “Power outages at nights resulted in disruption of activities such as studying, doing assignments and School Based Assessments (SBAs) which in turn may have had a negative impact on academic performance at the institution,” GEA noted in the press release.
The release explains that Authentix provided funding for the project to the tune of US$10,000- the equivalent of $2,090,000. While the GEA supplied the design, technical oversight and installation as well as provided solar panels, inverters and
