Santiago mar 13 ips three indigenous communities from the chilean highlands have just received solar panels which will be set up and maintained by unlikely solar engineers.
Chili indigenous village solar panel.
The primary school in caspana 1 400 km north of santiago.
The primary school in caspana 1 400 km north of santiago.
Installed capacity is on the order of 20 600mw with approximately 33 diesel gas 32 hydro 22 coal 6 solar 5 wind and 2 biomass biogas.
Five native women who travelled halfway around the world to india and overcame language and other barriers to bring photovoltaic energy to their villages.
So far so good but even at the current low level of solar penetration there are problems.
Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
It was hard for people to accept what we learned in india explained liliana terán.
Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
Liliana and luisa terán are two indigenous women from northern chile who traveled to india for training in installing solar panels.
The primary school in caspana 1 400 km north of santiago.
Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
Together they have not only changed their future but that of their remote village caspana as well.
In addition self installed seven solar refrigeration systems in the indigenous villages of nabusimake gunchukwa juerwa and sabana crespo.
Self installed six solar direct drive sdd battery free vaccine refrigerators and one sdd water pack freezer the first to be installed anywhere in the world.