Yanuca Island School

Yanuca Village, Yanuca Island

Students and teachers at Yanuca Island School wave in front of the school buildingClose-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

Yanuca Island School is on Yanuca Island, near the larger Beqa Island. Its 5 teachers teach 55 students from kindergarten to Year 8.

Before solar, the school had a small two-panel solar system that served only the office. It worked well on sunny days and lasted a short while into the evening, as its batteries neared the end of their life, and a small portable generator filled the gaps. Most of the school had no wiring at all, and the rest was old and unsafe, so we rewired every building for the new 5 kW system in 2023. The small solar system was moved to the village hall.

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

Installed2023
Upgraded
Students
55
Teachers
5
Solar array
5kW
Battery storage
19kWh

Photos

Lights shining from the school buildings at night at Yanuca Island School
The battery cabinet and inverters at Yanuca Island School
The school building at Yanuca Island School among palm trees, with solar panels on the roof
Four installers in high-visibility shirts in the school grounds at Yanuca Island School
A village elder sitting beside a reel of cable at Yanuca Island School
Students running across the school field at Yanuca Island School
Old wiring and conduit removed during the installation at Yanuca Island School
Two teachers smiling on the veranda at Yanuca Island School
Close-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

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