Beqa Yanuca Secondary School

Raviravi Village, Beqa Island

The ground-mounted solar array at Beqa Yanuca Secondary School, with the sea behindClose-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

Beqa Yanuca Secondary School is in Raviravi Village on Beqa Island, off the south coast of Viti Levu. It has 110 students from Year 9 to Year 13, taught by 15 teachers, and 22 students from further away board during the week in two hostels.

Before solar, the school's very loud 5.5 kVA generator supplied power during the day when needed, and occasionally at night. A very small solar system powered a couple of rooms, but its lead-acid batteries had failed long before, so it only gave some power while the sun was shining – nowhere near enough for a school. The teachers' homes had their own small generators.

When we installed the 6.2 kW system in 2023, most of the school, the hostels and the teachers' homes were newly wired.

A donor also gave the school a new LED data projector and 20 kg of library books on sustainability.

Installed2023
Upgraded
Students
110
Teachers
15
Solar array
6.2kW
Battery storage
22.8kWh

Photos

A worker setting up the array frame on the hillside above the sea at Beqa Yanuca Secondary School
The battery cabinet and inverters at Beqa Yanuca Secondary School
Lights shining from the school building at night at Beqa Yanuca Secondary School
Three students beside the green cable pit in the school grounds at Beqa Yanuca Secondary School
The school field and buildings at Beqa Yanuca Secondary School, with forested hills behind
Students sitting on the floor of the school hall for a presentation at Beqa Yanuca Secondary School
Close-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

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