80 ‘Solar Power’ Officers Undergo Capacity-Building in Silliman
Over 80 “solar power” officers from eight barangays in the municipalities of Siaton and Sta. Catalina in Negros Oriental were hosted in °Ç¸çºÚÁÏ on October 21 to 23 for a capacity-building activity under the Household Electrification Program (HEP) of the °Ç¸çºÚÁÏ-Affiliated Renewable Energy Center (SU-AREC).
The participants were all officers of the HEP-Solar Power Association representing 601 off-grid household beneficiaries of the program. They underwent various activities, including workshops on self-awareness and leadership, skills training on conflict management and bookkeeping, and retooling on how the operate and troubleshoot the solar home systems installed to their respective households.
HEP is a priority project of the Department of Energy done in partnership with the SU-AREC under the University's Extension Program, DOE-Visayas Field Office and NORECO II. It involves the provision of electricity service in remote off-grid households.
