Supply and Installation of Solar Batteries and Load Alignment for KFO

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1950, UNICEF’s mandate was extended to address the long-term needs of children and women in developing countries everywhere. In 1953 it became a permanent part of the United Nations System, and the words “international” and “emergency” were dropped from the organization’s name, making it simply the United Nations Children’s Fund, retaining the original acronym, “UNICEF”.

The UNICEF Kiribati Field Office located in Tarawa implemented solar power system which included four separate solar power systems with battery back-ups with total capacity of 35kW for PV Grid and 5kW for servers. As part of strategy to increase the back-up of the office the next phase is being considered for increased utilization for renewable energy.

A recent exercise was take to ascertain the capacity requirement which recommended for an increase in battery capacity as well as proper alignment of the loads.

SUP_19_FJI_9149890_ADDENDUM No. 1_ Solar Batteries for KFO.docx
SUP_19_FJI_RFP 9149890 – Supply & Installation of Solar Batteries and Load Alignment for KFO.pdf