Homa Bay Field Station (CARE*/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Homa Bay, Kenya)

Department of Health and Human Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with assistance from the Department of Energy, installed a 2 kW photovoltaic module to support CARE*/CDC's jointly-sponsored safe water health intervention project in Homa Bay, Kenya. The PV system eliminates the need for a high-cost emergency generator that was required during frequent power outages. Dependable solar power now keeps the project laboratory in constant operation and ensures against the loss of critical lab specimens. Money saved on generator fuel and maintenance is being redirected to the field station's important safe-water community activities.