Bartica to access US$300,000 Japan-Caribbean grant for renewable energy push

Bartica is moving closer to becoming a model green town with a grant of US$300,000 that will be used to install renewable energy at the Three Mile Secondary School.

Speaking to Stabroek News yesterday, Mayor Gifford Marshall explained that the Ministry of the Presidency’s Climate Change Office was able to secure the grant under the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP).

“The money will be spent on energy efficiency, of course, and we are targeting the Three Miles Secondary School, especially the dorms where we will install solar panels which should take them off the