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Italian School of Lusaka

A 27.5 kW rooftop system with 48 kWh of battery storage keeps the school running through power cuts.

Client
Italian School of Lusaka
Location
Lusaka
Solar capacity
27.5 kW
Battery storage
48 kWh (3 × 16 kWh Genex Green)
Inverter
32 kVA (2 × 16 kVA Deye)

The need. Load shedding was interrupting lessons, computers and lighting at the Italian School of Lusaka.

What we built. Fifty 550 W Jinko panels on the school roof, 27.5 kW in all, feed two 16 kVA Deye inverters (32 kVA together). 48 kWh of Genex Green battery storage carries the school through outages and into the evening.

What it changed. Classes carry on through load shedding, and the school draws less from the grid on sunny days.

EcoHive installers fit solar panels on the Italian School of Lusaka roof as the late-afternoon sun bursts through the trees.
Drone view over the Italian School of Lusaka's green roof as installers lay rows of solar panels under a dramatic cloudy sky.
An installer in an EcoHive Energy vest walks between freshly mounted rows of solar panels on the school roof.
Two EcoHive installers on the roof edge lift a solar panel that has been hauled up the school wall by strap.
Three installers position a solar panel onto the mounting rails on the school roof.
An installer crouches on the new array connecting panel cables, with trees and a blue sky behind him.
Installers kneel to fix solar panels in place while a supervisor checks his phone in warm evening light.
Close-up of an installer's hand tightening a mid clamp between two solar panels with an orange hex key.
The EcoHive crew unloads mounting rails from the roof of the branded company van at the school.
Installers on the roof haul a solar panel up the school's wall by strap while colleagues steady more panels below.
A smiling EcoHive installer in a branded hi-vis vest stands with his arms crossed on the school roof.
Top-down drone view of the Italian School of Lusaka campus, with rows of solar panels on a green roof among the trees.

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