Members from the National Energy Authority meet with the Senior Management Team (SMT) from the Enga Provincial Government in Wabag last week.
By Mortimer Yangharry
The billion-kina state of the art Enga Referral Hospital will have its energy needs adequately supported after a technical team from the National Energy Authority (NEA) visited Enga Province last week.
NEA as the Energy Regulator in Papua New Guinea received a request from the Department of Prime Minister & NEC through the Central Agencies Coordination Committees (CACC) seeking NEA’s support for the installation of 1MW Solar + BESS at the new Enga Provincial Hospital.
Executive Manager for External Affairs and Community Outreach Division of NEA Conrad Kumul led a small team to Wabag for a consultation visit to Enga Provincial Government following the letter from CACC.
This trip was to establish communication with the Enga Provincial Government to understand the status of this 1MW Solar + BESS installation project and to also assess other energy initiatives and needs in the province.
The consultation visit to the province was successful with a meeting with the Deputy Provincial Administrator, Dr. Londari Yamarak, the Director Renewable Energy, Environment and Climate Change Mr. Timothy Lawton as well as the Director for Policy and Planning Division of the Enga Provincial Government Mr. Ben Sarret.
The National Energy Authority is looking forward to the second phase visit, which is the technical assessment by the Projects Division team in the coming weeks.
The consultation ended with a site visit.
