Buakonikai Primary School

Buakonikai, Rabi Island

Two students behind the solar array at Buakonikai Primary School, with the sea behindClose-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

Buakonikai Primary School is on Rabi Island, with 110 students and 5 teachers.

We installed its 5.8 kW solar system, with 22.8 kWh of battery storage, in 2024. Buakonikai was the first school to join The Solar Fund (Fiji), which monitors the system and pays for its servicing and repairs, so it keeps working long after the installers have gone.

The project received anchor funding from the Australian Government's Business Partnerships Platform, which is building renewable energy capacity in the Pacific. The Buakonikai community also thanks the many Rotary supporters of the project: the Rotary Clubs of Berry, Narooma, Orange, Gerringong Sunrise, Jerra, Bathurst, Pambula, Hall, Orange North, Forbes, Moruya, Lake Cargelligo, Crookwell, Wagga Wagga Kooringal, Canberra, Sydney Cove, Corrimal, Ku-ring-gai and Keilor East, and Rotarian Ken Leach.

Installed2024
Upgraded
Students
110
Teachers
5
Solar array
5.8kW
Battery storage
22.8kWh

Photos

An electrician wiring the inverter at Buakonikai Primary School
Two students beside the battery cabinet and inverters at Buakonikai Primary School
Men carrying a solar panel from a boat at the shore on Rabi Island
Small boats moored in a mangrove inlet on Rabi Island
Installers fitting panels onto the array frame at Buakonikai Primary School
Students and teachers wave in front of the solar array at Buakonikai Primary School
Students wearing flower garlands cheer in front of the solar array at Buakonikai Primary School
Smiling students wearing flower garlands at the celebration at Buakonikai Primary School
Students wearing flower garlands give high fives to a visitor at Buakonikai Primary School
Close-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

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