Six thousand hinterland homes to receive solar systems

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson (centre) with (left to right) Arran De Moubray, Technical Project Coordinator, CARIBSAVE; Judi Clarke, Caribbean Regional Director, CARIBSAVE; Sophie Makonnen, IDB Representative; and Horace Williams, CEO of the Hinterland Electrification Company Inc. (MPI photo)

Six thousand homes across 25 hinterland communities in Guyana will receive solar home systems following the inauguration on Monday of the Sustainable Business Models for Rural Electrification and Energy Access in Guyana Project by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), a release from MPI said.

The project, which is being spearheaded by MPI’s Hinterland Electrification Unit (HEU is being done in collaboration with the