PCJ gives energy boost to Herbert Morrison

HERBERT MORRISON Technical High School will be installing a 3-000-watt grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) system having received a $500,000 grant from the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ ) after students from the institution placed second in the Science Category of the 2015-16 Schools Energy Programme Competition.

A four-member team from the Montego Bay-based high school entered a model design depicting how renewable energy could be used to provide electricity for a building on their school campus, which won second prize in the 16-19 age category of the competition. In addition to $40,000 each, the students won funding to implement an energysaving project to help reduce their school’s electricity costs.

CONTRIBUTED The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s (PCJ) manager, renewable energy and energy efficiency, Dr Peter Ruddock (left), examines the solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof of the model designed by a team of students from the Herbert Morrison...