“Renewable Energy Technology to Increase the Added-Value of Seaweeds in Tawi-Tawi” or RETS Project Technical Working Group (TWG) Pre-Construction Meeting was held yesterday at Grand Astoria, Zamboanga City.
Composed of UNIDO, MinDA, PLGU of Tawi-Tawi, NPC-SPUG, the Municipality of Sibutu and Sitangkai, and the Tawi-Tawi Electric Cooperative (TAWELCO), the project aims to promote Renewable Energy (RE) strategies and systems on energy efficiency, innovations to support livelihood for poor off-grid and un-electrified households particularly in the seaweed producing communities in the Island Municipalities of Sitangkai and Sibutu.
A Solar PV-Diesel Hybrid Energy Generation Technology with a total estimated installed capacity of 1.6 MW will be implemented in the said areas providing electrification to more than 3000 new household connections.
The RETS Project is a partnership between MinDA, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) – Philippines, Tawi-Tawi Electric Cooperative (TAWELCO), Provincial Government of Tawi-Tawi, Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi, Association of Isolated Electric Cooperatives Inc. (AIEC), Island Light and Water Energy Development Corp. (ILAW), and BARMM Government, funded by the EU-Access to Sustainable Energy Program (ASEP). #IntegratingMinDAnao
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