Solar Hope uses energy access as its “entry point” and its way to build relationship with the community and understand more their challenges and needs through immersion and adopting the community. The Tanglaw 4 Every Juan aims to address the energy access concern of the community through household electrification through solar home system or solar lanterns.
However, the long term goal of Solar Hope in its adopted communities is to also support other facilities in the community that could be supplied with solar and add more value to their community needs. These facilities could be the local schools, health center, barangay hall, tribal hall, or shelters. This program is called “Solar Hub”.
Solar Hope team identifies with the community champions the potential facilities that could be powered by solar and conducts assessment for the corresponding design and sizing of the system. Sometimes, there are existing PV systems previously installed or donated to the facilities with only the batteries subject for replacement and the solar panels and other components still repairable. For cases as such, Solar Hope does an integration of existing and new systems to maximize the power supply that could be provided to the facilities.
Here’s the breakdown of Solar Hubs already installed in various communities:
- Retrofitted 5kWp Offgrid Solar for Sto. Nino Integrated School to light up facilities of Senior High School.
- Installed 11kWp Offgrid PV System of Integrated Solar for ICT Facility and Loads of Sto. Nino Integrated School to light up 30 rooms including principal’s office, clinic, storage and mini hotel.
- Installed 3.78kWp Offgrid PV System of Integrated Solar for ICT Facility and Loads of Mamuyao Elementary School to light up 9 rooms including principal’s office and multi-purpose room.
- Installed 3.85kWp Offgrid Solar for Sta. Ines High School to light up 10 classrooms and their multipurpose hall / ICT Facility through installing a new system.
- Installed 3.85kWp Offgrid Solar for Nayon Elementary School to light up 10 classrooms and their multipurpose hall / ICT Facility through installing a new system.
- Installed 3kWp Offgrid Solar for Sta. Ines Elementary School to light up 13 classrooms and their multipurpose hall / ICT Facility through integrating broken systems and replacing/recycling the components to be usable again.
- Installed 5.1kWh Mission Power Station in Laiban Integrated School dedicated in powering up their ICT Facility to support the technology and digital learning of the students and ther research.
- Installed 2.67 kWp Hybrid Rooftop Solar to support the LERC Facility of PWD community.