GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Oct. 10, 2014, CNS – Cabinet’s no objection to a $39.8 million (1 USD = 205.699 GYD) contract is likely to see the completion of the solar panel distribution project in the hinterland.
At a post-Cabinet media briefing this week, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon advised that ‘no objection’ was granted raised regarding the contract which catered for the supply of cables, switches and other related items for the Hinterland Electrification Programme.
He noted that this supply would see a completion of the distribution of solar panels to households in Regions 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. The award caters for 6000 solar panels, an addition to the 11,000 already distributed.
While Head of the Hinterland Electrification Unit Horace Williams has indicated that serving the hinterland is a “geographical nightmare,” he said that by 2016 all hinterland households will have some sort of electricity “either in the form of solar or grid electricity.”
The process of distributing solar panels which was geared towards hinterland households began in late 2010.
Regarding the sustainability of the systems, arrangements were put in place for persons accessing solar power to pay $500 per month to the Village Council towards its maintenance.
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