GSL Energy Solar Project Tackles Haiti''s Energy Crisis
This ambitious initiative involves installing a 500kW solar power plant and a 1.5MWh energy storage system, aimed at mitigating Haiti''s persistent energy crisis by
Solar energy offers interesting prospects in Haiti, by offering energy self-sufficiency to the most isolated cities, in the absence of a power grid. The country's location in the tropics gives it very strong solar energy potential. It is believed solar energy will play a fundamental role in access to electricity over the next 10 to 15 years.
Recently, many solar companies have seen Haiti as a huge market potential for solar energy. The founder of 10Power estimates that the potential solar power market is worth over $500 million. In 2013, the completion of Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais came to an end. This hospital is the largest solar-powered hospital in the world.
Haiti faces significant challenges in generating and distributing energy reliably, and lack of access to affordable and reliable power significantly hinders investment and business development. The majority of electricity is produced using imported fossil fuels.
The solar generation capacity of the Solar Power Plant will be 1.2 MWp with a storage capacity of 800 kW / 330 kWh. in the Commune of Jacmel, in the South-East Department and will be connected to the regional electricity network of Jacmel. Haiti's 2020 total GHG Emissions (mtCO2e) per the World Bank is 10,267.
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