APTECH AFRICA INSTALLS A SOLAR HYBRID SYSTEM FOR OFFICES IN SIERRA LEONE

Aptech Africa recently designed, supplied, installed and commissioned a solar hybrid system for UNDP-FAO offices in Sierra Leone

The system has a roof mounted 15.18 kWp of Soleil Power solar panels and 42.6 kWh of battery storage of Lithium-Ion batteries with a 10KVA Victron Quattro inverters, Victron Maximum Power Point Tracking charge controllers, all high-quality products to ensure the system gives maximum efficiency to our client. The system is hybrid and uses energy from both solar, national grid and diesel generator. The system has a remote monitoring system which provides information on energy generation, inverter, weather condition, loading.

The system is providing energy to the UNDP-FAO country office located in Freetown, Sierra Leone with the goal to decrease FAO’s carbon foot print contributing to the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stabilize the existing grid, and to showcase solar hybrid solutions within the country for other projects. The hybrid system will also eliminate power interruption for critical IT equipment hence increase productivity at the office.

Thanks to Aptech’s installation, FAO staff now have access to an uninterrupted power supply within the office, enabling them to provide important developmental support to the country of Sierra Leone as a whole.

The system being hybrid will also enable reducing on diesel and electricity bills consequently resulting into savings on monthly bills and a quicker return on the investment.