Palawan inaugurates US-funded hybrid energy source

Thanks to the support of the US Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID), residents of Sitio Green Island in Roxas, Palawan, will now enjoy reliable and sustainable electricity using hybrid renewable energy.

Sitio Green Island is categorized as a “missionary area,” or an area that is not connected to the main electricity grid. Missionary areas are often powered by small generator sets run by diesel or bunker fuel, which is costly and unreliable. Missionary areas are often so remote that it is hard to establish electric power systems.