Cuba. The Institute of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning -IRC- of the Ministry of the Sideromechanical Industry developed a prototype of a high-efficiency horizontal refrigerator that operates with photovoltaic solar energy, to be used in the conservation of perishable products in schools and health centers in rural areas of the island that do not have electricity.According to Guillermo Cartaya, IRC engineer, the production, reliability tests, assembly and quality controls of this type of refrigerators are a novelty in the scientific-technical panorama of the country and will benefit the inhabitants of remote areas without electric fluid. He explained that "this year we will make the 0 series, which means the first production, which includes a dozen of these solar equipment. So far there is only one prototype in operation and it is installed in the Hotel Comodoro, in Havana."
For her part, Olga Ezquivel Román, director of the IRC, estimates that the institute gained in technical culture with this system that will allow savings of up to 700 Kw per hour per year, as well as "knowing the best use of the sun's rays and allowing the autonomy of the equipment at night when they do not exist".
