Solar panel installation begins in Maracaibo

Published at: 11/11/2026 06:38 PM

In the state of Zulia, specifically in Villa Carmen, between 75th and 76th streets, the first eight solar panels will be installed, as part of the beginning of the installation of 400 panels that will be placed along the 33 blocks that make up Avenida 4 Bella Vista, an initiative that is being carried out through the Bolivarian Mayor's Office of Maracaibo.

The plan is given in order to power the Christmas Ignition lighting system with photovoltaic energy, one of the December traditions most deeply rooted in the town of Marabí. This energy supply system will make the lighting of the emblematic avenue independent of the National Electric System (SEN), as explained by the director of Public Services and the Decentralized Gas Service (Sedegas) of the city council, Joemel Robles.

He noted that three prototypes or kits were assembled, including solar panels, inverters and batteries: “When you assemble all the prototypes on the different blocks, the deployment for the installation begins. In Villa Carmen, two tables with four solar panels each will be placed, for a total of eight solar panels. Each solar panel is 635 W, with six 6.5 kVA inverters in parallel, and 10 Ah batteries will be used, to guarantee 35 to 36 kVA for this block, with a backup duration of 7-8 hours, which is the average time the ignition will last each night.”

Photovoltaic system mechanism

Solar panels are a system providing clean and renewable energy, designed to strengthen the environment and a 100% effective alternative for generating energy or what is called direct current with solar radiation.

“It will be achieved, at least in 80% of the blocks, because there are blocks where the government will have other alternative systems such as power plants,” he concluded.

Mazo News Team