Athens/ Volos 19-12-2008. A special photovoltaic system was installed at the SOS children’s village in Vari with the cooperation of BP Solar, RSEnergy, SMA, and PPC Renewables.
The system, which will produce more than 2000kWh per year, was installed on the roof of the central administration building. Charity of the modules from BPSolar, inverter and monitoring from SMA Hellas, and design, plan, installation and mounting system and electrical parts, as well as project management from RSEnergy. PPC Renewables offered the metering and connection to the grid. During the festivities of the project’s official inauguration, which took place today, the official representatives of the 4 companies pointed out that such pilot photovoltaic projects can bring out the significance as well as the appreciation of renewable sources of energy for the SOS children. The children took creative part in a solar quiz game regarding the importance of renewable sources of energy as well as the sustainable energy from the sun. The children’s SOS village in Vari was the first of the SOS villages that was built in Greece back in 1982. The village hosts nowadays 53 children.
The photovoltaic system reduces CO2 emissions by 2 tons every year and will bring a steady income to the village for the next 20 years from the energy that it will produce. Most importantly, it will the opportunity to the children to learn and appreciate related issues to renewable sources of energy. The photovoltaic system is equipped with a customized LCD display which reports the energy produced, as well as the emitted CO2 emissions. The display is placed at the entrance of the administration building. Also, all the information will be publicly available through the projects web portal at www.sunny-portal.com.
SOS villages is the largest philanthropic organization worldwide for children and is active in more than 124 countries, to help children in need. With a life-span of more than 50 years, it has already helped more than a million children around the globe, while 70.000 children are fully dependent on the SOS villages for a warm and welcoming family environment.
