Photo voltaic panels are put in on the Consolacion Municipal Jail making it the primary absolutely solar-powered facility within the area. | Mary Rose Sagarino
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Consolacion Municipal Jail has change into the primary facility in Area 7 or in Central Visayas to be absolutely solar-powered.
That is after the jail, which is managed by the Bureau of jail and Administration and Penology (BJMP), put in a hybrid inverter photo voltaic system that may generate 24 kilowatts a day.
Other than lowering electrical energy value, the renewable vitality supply was put in to assist the setting by lessening the carbon footprint of the jail.
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Municipal Jail Warden Chief Inspector Bryan Roy Mercado on Wednesday, Oct. 16 stated that the photo voltaic system would supply energy to the jail and close by municipal places of work of Philippine Nationwide Police and Fee on Elections in barangay Poblacion.
“Ang jail kinahanglan gyud na siya og electrical energy labi na kung gabii kay ang lights nato ana permi hayag. Ang jail kay safety facility baya ta unya naay opisina kinahanglan og kuryente para mas makatabang pagsave sa galastuhon sa kuryente. Mao ni suggest mi ani (photo voltaic system),” stated Mercado.
(A jail would wish electrical energy particularly electrical energy at night time as a result of at night time our lights ought to all the time be turned on. The jail is a safety facility and we have now places of work that would wish energy, (that is) in order that we are able to save in bills for electrical energy. That’s the reason we proposed this (photo voltaic system).)
The photo voltaic system was supplied by the municipal authorities that value round P2 million.
With the set up of photo voltaic panels, Mercado stated that the native authorities can be anticipated to save lots of P50,000 month-to-month on electrical energy.
“Kung atoang huna-hunaon, ang photo voltaic unta ang back-up pero sa pagkakarun hybrid man ni ang gi-install sa atoa mahulog nga siya ang amoang main supply of energy, mahulog nalang nato’ng back-up kana’ng sa VECO. Kung makuwangan computerized nga moconnect sa VECO,” stated Mercado.
(If we give it some thought, the photo voltaic system ought to have been the backup, however for now we at the moment are hybrid and this set up to our facility, then it will appear that this has change into our main supply of energy, it will appear that VECO has change into our backup. If we lack energy it will robotically connect with VECO.)
The municipal jail has a inhabitants of 326 inmates with 10 dormitorties and places of work. Every dormitory has Tv, electricfan and ceiling fan.
The places of work has computer systems and airconditioners. These are except for the gear of the police workplace and Comelec.
The facility system will probably be operational after the set up of 48 photo voltaic panels will probably be accomplished on Thursday, Oct. 17.
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