Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday inaugurated a $6.3m solar power system at the offices of the OAS and IICA on Brickdam.
According to a release from the Office of the Prime Minister, the PM, who was the keynote speaker at the commissioning of the Grid Tied Solar Photovoltaic Systems at the offices of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Organization of American States (OAS), said “Renewable and clean energy plays a pivotal role in fostering economic growth, energy security, job creation, and poverty alleviation in a cost-effective manner while contributing to climate change mitigation.”
The release informed that the solar system has been set up at the Brickdam offices of the OAS and IICA to provide those facilities with electricity. Combined, both systems, it said, generate a total of 30 kilowatts with excess electricity diverted into the Demerara-Berbice Interconnect-ed System and utilised. The systems cost approximately $6.3 million.
