A project at the Belle Isle Correctional Facility, costing over $200,000.00 was officially launched.
It is the Solar PV system, which was carried out as part of the Promoting Access to Clean Energy Services in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (PACES) Project.
In his address at the ceremony, Mr. Ellsworth Dacon, Director of the Energy Unit, said that the main objective of the project is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by exploiting the country’s indigenous resources.
He said that it is a good initiative from the Government but it needs more policies adopted and the encouragement of penetration from Solar PV.
Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, in delivering the feature address, pointed out that the project is aimed at building capacity in solar energy.
Other addresses came from the Superintendent of Prisons, Brenton Charles, and a Representative from the United Nations Development Program.
PACES is a climate mitigation and renewable energy project at the Energy Unit of the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
SOURCE: NBC
