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ASU, USAID launch clean energy training program for the Pacific


March 01, 2013

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded $1 million over the next two years to ASU's College of Technology and Innovation (CTI) to provide solar photovoltaic energy equipment and technology to up to 12 Pacific Island nations. The program aims to train local capactiies to support off-grid solar PV equipment installation, operation and maintenance. 

The collaborating teams from CTI and local dignitaries from higher education institutions and other organiziations from the Pacific Islands met in Suva, Fiji, to kick-off the partnership and the first training session at the University of the South Pacific.

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Article source: The University of the South Pacific

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