PROJECT TITLE:
Energy development Photovoltaics in Rural ICTs: Creating Sustainable Energy in Remote Settings (Team Osean)

07 Oct 2006

Bario Solar Power Project Completed - June 2005

By: Khaw
OSEAN project volunteers in front of Bario Telecentre
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Hi all.

It took some time for us to post our report, but here it is. We're happy to say we've completed our solar power project aimed at providing sustainable electricity to run the Telecentre in Bario, Malaysia, for the rural highland Kelabit community who use it for education, tourism, communication and many other things. We completed the project a month after we went to Berlin in May 2005 for the Mondialogo Symposium, which was a fantastic event (thank you DC and UNESCO for organizing ).

We've attached some materials which we've published, so if you have some time please have a read. Hope you like the photos as they are worth more than 1,000 words sometimes.

Also very happy to see this competition coming back in 2007 - important to keep young people inspired and support all the ideas and energetic people out there.

Take care everyone and remember to keep it real.

Team OSEAN
 
PHOTOS:
Mounting the panels on the roof
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Connecting the electrical circuits of the panels together
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Testing and having fun
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Putting in the inverter and charge controller
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Beautiful Bario
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Cultural night by the locals - this guy is scary!
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Tom and Rich teaching the guys how to maintain the solar panels
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It works! Pau and Sze Yiin giving a lesson on computers and the internet
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