Thestar: Sep 12, 2011
KOTA KINABALU: Diesel powered electricity generators are now a thing of the past for residents of Kampung Tanjung Batu Latu and Kampung Tanjung Batu Darat.
The government has recently provided the two villages with continuous electricity through the construction of a solar hybrid system.
The system comprises of a solar farm and a battery storage facility that collects and generates energy during the day.
A diesel generator is also part of the system, but its function is to provide energy when there is no solar source available.
Prior to the solar hybrid system, residents of the two villages had to depend on individual diesel generators which require regular maintenance and fuel supply – a costly burden to the villagers.
The generators also could only operate for six to eight hours a day which limited their usage.
Resident Kulaling Lakibol said living conditions had improved significantly with the solar hybrid system.
He said residents are now able to own televisions, refrigerators and washing machines as there is a consistent supply of electricity to their homes.
The solar hybrid system is the government’s answer to providing continuous energy supply to rural areas where the grid connection for energy is not so accessible due to geographical circumstances.
It is part of the GTP’s Rural Basic Infrastructure (RBI) NKRA, which also includes the building and upgrading of rural roads, supply of clean and treated water and housing assistance programme.
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