Macuro a town that breaks record: 6 months without electricity for a year.

 

This is how the last years of the historic town of Macuro have passed, located southeast of the Paria peninsula, Sucre state, Venezuela, the land visited by Christopher Columbus on his third trip to America at the end of the 15th century.

The only thing that supplies electricity to the homes of the town is an old diesel plant, which generates electricity, which spends up to three months without being repaired, due to the precariousness of maritime transport to that community, going uphill, in principle, supply it with regular fuel and, most drastically, repair the plant in a timely manner, which does not work under normal conditions, due to the innumerable failures that occur in it. The only certain recourse is to light candles and hope that in the following months it prevents the miracle of a prompt repair.

From a community of 33,000 inhabitants for the year 2001, today in 2022, 1000 inhabitants are estimated, who tenaciously fight not to let themselves die. We are talking about approximately 200 families that still remain in Macuro

A small photovoltaic system installed on the roofs of each house of 1 kilowatt, which represents 2 solar panels or modules of at least 500 watts each, plus batteries to store 2 kilowatts daily, would be enough to guarantee electricity to the homes of Macuro, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, continuously for at least 30 more years.

 We are talking about installing a total of 200 kilowatts on the roofs of the families of Macuro. A much smaller investment to continue repairing the old diesel plant over time or replacing it.

A solution that requires no maintenance, or very little, and a great opportunity to enjoy in all its splendor that radiant sun that illuminates Macuro every day of its existence.

Totally unjustified, that in the 21st century, Venezuelans live in the dark, due to the lack of knowledge of other more reliable sources of electrical energy.

Lubio Lenin Cardozo, Solar lnstallation