Education & NGO
Off-Grid Solar Mini-Grid for a Rural School and Community Centre
- Client
- Suborno Foundation / Netrokona Community Learning Centre
- Location
- Kalmakanda, Netrokona
- Capacity
- 18 kWp + 30 kWh mini-grid
- Year
- 2022
The challenge
The Netrokona Community Learning Centre, run by the Suborno Foundation, serves around 300 students along with a small community health post, but its location near the Kalmakanda hills sits well beyond existing grid infrastructure. Evening literacy classes and a donated computer lab had no reliable power source, and the health post's vaccine refrigerator depended on an undersized, frequently repaired solar unit that couldn't be trusted through the night.
Our solution
CZ Engineering designed an 18 kWp solar mini-grid with 30 kWh of battery storage to serve the school building, computer lab, and health post as a single interconnected system rather than isolated units. Distribution wiring was run between the three buildings with dedicated circuits and metering for the health post's refrigeration load, and the Foundation's caretaker staff were trained on daily system checks and basic fault diagnosis.
Results
- ~300
- Students Served
- 24/7
- Vaccine Cold-Chain Uptime
- +3 hrs/day
- Evening Class Hours Enabled
- ~14 tonnes/year
- CO2 Offset
Solutions used
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