Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina announced Friday nearly $600,000 in grant assistance to the Guam Power Authority through the Office of Insular Affairs’ Empowering Insular Communities Program to complete the Guam Wind Power Pilot project. This grant supplements $1.5 million previously awarded by OIA and the project is expected to be completed … Continue reading Guam gets $600K for wind power project
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First Solar Power Plant on Guam Now Under Construction
The first solar-energy plant to produce energy for the Guam Power Authority is now under construction in the Dandan area of Inarajan. NRG Solar began construction for the Dandan Solar Power Plant earlier this month. Site Manager Jun Dayao says 100-thousand photovoltaic panels will be placed over 160 acres of land in the project. All … Continue reading First Solar Power Plant on Guam Now Under Construction
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The wind that sweeps across southern Guam and light from 92 million miles away soon will be used to provide some of the power to Guam’s homes. The Public Utilities Commission last Tuesday approved the Guam Power Authority’s plan to bring on another private company to build and operate a solar energy facility and a … Continue reading Solar power and wind energy in Guam
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