APPLYING SOLAR ENERGY TO EXTEND DISTANCE EDUCATION TO REMOTE COMMUNITIES IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

摘要

In collaboration with various state and federal government educational organizations in Mexico and Central America, Sandia National Laboratories and its partners are helping to extend existing distance education networks into rural off-grid communities through the proper utilization of renewable energy technologies. This paper describes the education networks that are in place, the institutions that have built them, and the technical obstacles they have encountered reaching rural off-grid schools. It describes a working relationship between these organizations and a team of renewable energy experts to resolve the problems of delivering reliable electric power in order to extend the educational network.