UNSW student-designed solar freezer installed on a Fiji island

Source: One Step off the Grid

Engineering students from the University of New South Wales, Australia, were given a task to come up with a solution that will both empower the Fiji community and allow them to be self-sufficient. After much community consultation, they designed and installed a solar powered freezer in a remote village on Viwa Island.

“The Najia village on Viwa Island, on the outermost of the Yasawa Island group, is renowned for its fishing culture. So the students focused on creating a sustainable way for the villagers to freeze their daily catch and sell it on the mainland for more money.”

The other challenge for the students was to make sure that the project was easily maintained by the locals. Therefore the locals were trained to do the maintenance so that the freezer did not fall into disuse. Altogether the whole task was a valuable learning experience for the students and of great self-sufficient benefit to the community.

Read More:
- UNSW student-designed solar freezer installed on remote Fiji island. One Step off the Grid, November 28, 2019.
- A solar-powered freezer for today's catch: UNSW Engineering makes an impact in Fiji. UNSW Newsroom, November 27, 2019.