President Daisy Attends Solar Project Handover Ceremony at Palikir
PALIKIR, Pohnpei (January 29, 2013) – COM-FSM President, Joseph M. Daisy, Ed.D. represented the college at the “Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity Generation System” handover ceremony held at the FSM Capital on January 25th.
Other dignitaries present during the ceremony were His Excellency Manny Mori, President of the FSM; His Excellency Eiichi Suzuki, Ambassador of Japan to the FSM; Honorable John Ehsa, Pohnpei State Governor; and Mr. Felciano Perman, Pohnpei Utilities Corporation General Manager.
The handover ceremony was held to mark the completion of the installation of solar panels at the FSM capital and at the College of Micronesia-FSM National Campus. The Government of Japan funded the project.
In his remarks, Ambassador Suzuki stated that the “project has been implemented based on the Cool Earth Partnership which was declared by former Prime Minister Fukuda at the Davos Forum in January 2008. It was then strengthened and committed at the PALM 5 in May 2009 providing the financial and technical support of the Pacific Island 
Countries,” he said.
On behalf of the Government of the FSM, Secretary Lorin S. Robert expressed appreciation to the Government of Japan for the project. He commented that the location of the project on the roof of the President’s Office and at the College of Micronesia-FSM “shows strong commitment to GEM—Green Energy Micronesia,” he said
The construction of the solar panels at the college’s National Campus also provides roofing for the campus front parking lot.
The ceremony ended with a sake barrel breaking ritual, a customary Japanese celebratory ceremony.
