The Brechin Cas­tle So­lar, a joint ven­ture of bp, Shell, and a sub­sidiary of the Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny, on Wednes­day wel­comed key Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials and stake­hold­ers to its project site in Cou­va.

At­tend­ing the event were Min­is­ter of En­er­gy Dr Roodal Mooni­lal, Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Util­i­ties Bar­ry Padarath, Min­is­ter of Hous­ing David Lee, Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of En­er­gy Ernesto Ke­sar, Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Pub­lic Util­i­ties, Clyde El­der, along with oth­er Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials, in­vit­ed dig­ni­taries, ex­ec­u­tives, and rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the joint ven­ture share­hold­ers.

The event be­gan with a project brief­ing, de­tail­ing the progress made to date on the Brechin Cas­tle fa­cil­i­ty, fol­lowed by a guid­ed bus tour of the so­lar farm, pro­vid­ing guests with a first­hand view of the in­stal­la­tion of thou­sands of so­lar pho­to­volta­ic (PV) pan­els in place across the site.

Once op­er­a­tional, the Brechin Cas­tle So­lar Farm will rep­re­sent the coun­try’s largest re­new­able en­er­gy de­vel­op­ment to date, help­ing to di­ver­si­fy Trinidad and To­ba­go’s en­er­gy mix, low­er car­bon emis­sions, and de­liv­er clean­er en­er­gy to the na­tion­al grid.

The so­lar farm has in­stalled ca­pac­i­ty of 92 megawatts and is pro­ject­ed to be op­er­a­tional by Oc­to­ber this year. It is due to pro­vide clean en­er­gy equiv­a­lent to the needs of 31,500 homes.