Solar system with battery storage makes Béthel education centre in Chad less dependent on diesel

Having access to electricity around the clock was certainly not taken for granted at Centre Béthel, a Catholic education centre in Chad. Its supply of energy, and therefore also of water, was dependent on diesel generators, which could only operate a few hours a day because of the high costs involved. A fundraising campaign has made it possible to install a new photovoltaic system with battery storage. The equipment now supplies solar-generated electricity around the clock and has also enormously increased the education centre’s financial flexibility. (more…)