Navatu Secondary School

Nasinu Navatu, Vanua Levu

Students at Navatu Secondary School gathered beneath the solar arrayClose-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

Navatu Secondary School, on Vanua Levu, was our third installation, in 2010. Its 3 kW system powered the classrooms and offices until 2016, when a major international project upgraded the main dirt road and brought grid power in from the town of Savusavu.

It was a relatively short service life, but the solar system helped a generation of students through high school until grid power arrived.

The project was funded by many sponsors, above all through a fundraising dinner supported by journalist and former Wallaby Peter FitzSimons and fellow Wallabies Adam Freier and Clyde Rathbone.

Installed2010
Upgraded
Students
280
Teachers
21
Solar array
3kW
Battery storage
20kWh

Photos

Students at Navatu Secondary School hold a thank-you sign in front of the solar panels
An electrician wiring the switchboard at Navatu Secondary School
Community members and the installation team sitting on the grass at Navatu Secondary School
A calm bay and wooded headland near Navatu Secondary School on Vanua Levu
Close-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

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