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UAE Based Masdar Bags New Solar and Battery Storage Project

The plant will save Belize about 200,000 liters of diesel fuel and avoid about 500 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.

June 07, 2023. By EI News Network

Masdar established a solar-powered mini-grid system in the villages of Indian Creek, Golden Stream and Medina Bank, in Belize, a Central American country on the Caribbean coast.

With 400 kilowatts of solar panels and 600-kilowatt hours of battery storage, the system is mainly powered by solar energy, with a standby diesel generator to facilitate power during the wet season.

The plant will save Belize about 200,000 liters of diesel fuel and avoid about 500 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.

Electricity from the mini-grid is powering homes, schools, clinics, water pumping facilities and tourist operations.

That transformation has been achieved by providing the villages with access to clean, reliable electricity, support to the Belize Rural Electrification Project (BREP), delivered by Masdar through the UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund.

The USD 50 million UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) was launched at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2017 as a partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), Masdar and ADFD, the UAE’s leading financial institutions spearheading national and global development projects.

Michel Chebat, Minister of Public Utilities in Belize, added, “This is a very important project for us as a government. Masdar has been a critical partner in this project. It brings a vast experience in the field of renewable energy projects.”

Basel Dahleh, Principal, Masdar Americas, stated, “Islands in general and the Caribbean Islands, in particular, are in the forefront of fighting climate change. It is important for Masdar to make an impact on those economies and to provide access to clean energy.”

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