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magandang ideya ang pagkakabit ng Solar Panel sa rooftop ng mga eskwelahan. kapag na-implement ito sa 10,000 schools sa buong bansa malamang bababa na ang singil sa kuryente. sana hindi na titipirin ang mga estudyante sa paggamit ng mga pasilidad na de kuryente (tulad ng computer) sa mga eskwelahan. [admin FVS] bworldonline/content.php?section=Nation&title=Installation-of-solar-panels-in-universities-planned&id=77243 Installation of solar panels in universities planned Posted on September 30, 2013 10:36:35 PM THE ENERGY department is looking at the possible implementation of solar rooftop power generation to some 10,000 schools across the country through the installation of at least 100-kilowatt (kW) solar panels, an official told reporters yesterday. Mario C. Marasigan, the department’s director for Renewable Energy Management Bureau, said the department will auction off the installation, operation and maintenance of the solar panels with an aggregate capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW). “We are proposing a rooftop installation for solar projects. The target is schools all over the country, preferably private universities and colleges,” Mr. Marasigan told reporters. “There will be installation of 100-kW solar systems per rooftop and we will be looking for a third party to implement it,” he added. Mr. Marasigan said the third party that will participate in the program should sell the electricity generated by the solar panels by at least P2 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) lower than the current distribution cost. “We are in the process of conceptualization. We will start here in Metro Manila where the distribution cost is between P10-P11/kWh,” Mr. Marasigan said. “So we will have a third-party implementor because we don’t want the school to be directly engaged and the third party will secure the financing from the department through the Malampaya fund,” he explained. Mr. Marasigan, however, explained that actual cost of funding that will be sourced from the Malampaya fund would still depend on the final conceptualization of the project as this is still subject to consultations with industry stakeholders. “The third-party implementor will loan for the funding and then there will be three to five years recovery period. At the end of the period, the loan should already be fully paid,” he said. The Malampaya funds are royalties sourced from the operations of the natural gas project located 80 kilometers northwest of Palawan. Since the project started in 2001, the Malampaya gas project has turned over to the government more than $4 billion in revenues. Last July, reports claimed that P900 million from the Malampaya funds allegedly went to bogus agriculture projects in 2009. Mr. Marasigan said the government plans to jump-start the program within the year and will involve the initial 10 schools within Metro Manila. Asked on the cost of the project, Mr. Marasigan said that “the start-up of the project to at least 10 schools will cost about P150 million. Should it be positive, we will proceed with the remaining schools to reach the target of 10,000 schools.” Mr. Marasigan said the department will still work on the inventory of qualified schools across the country that can benefit from the project. “If everything goes well, we hope to complete the installation of all solar systems within one and a half year,” Mr. Marasigan said. -- Claire-Ann Marie C. Feliciano