Chile Indigenous Village Solar Panel

It was hard for people to accept what we learned in india liliana terán told ips.

Chile indigenous village solar panel.

Caspana chile sep 02 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert. It was hard for people to accept what we learned in india liliana terán told ips. 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. Together they have not only changed their future but that of their remote village caspana as well.

The primary school in caspana 1 400 km north of santiago. The plant is due online by the end of the year at which point it will become the cheapest. The indigenous village of caspana lies 3 300 metres above sea level in the atacama desert in northern chile. It is the fourth completely solar town in the province of jujuy on the border with bolivia and chile.

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. In chile spain s solarpack corp. Five native women who travelled halfway around the world to india and overcame language and other barriers to bring photovoltaic energy to their villages. Today the generator is only a back up system for the 127 houses that have an autonomous supply of three hours a day of electricity thanks to the solar panels installed by the two cousins.

Liliana and luisa terán are two indigenous women from northern chile who traveled to india for training in installing solar panels. It was hard for people to accept what we learned in india explained liliana terán. Caspana chile sep 2 2015 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert. Residents of san francisco a community of just 54 people in argentina s puna region stand next to solar panels that began to operate in early october supplying all their electricity and providing them with street lighting for the first time.