The PN has doubled down on its criticism of the government over photovoltaic panels installed on public schools, accusing ministers of not understanding the figures they themselves published.
In a statement, the Nationalist Party said the government’s response to concerns raised by PN spokesperson Mark Anthony Sammut exposed “confusion” and a lack of technical understanding within the ministries involved.
The PN was reacting to a government statement which claimed that schools in Gozo and the Siġġiewi Primary School generate “more than 31,940.6 kWp” of solar energy annually.
According to the PN, this figure “makes no sense”, arguing that kWp measures the maximum generating capacity of solar panels rather than the amount of energy produced.
The party said that a capacity of 31,940.6 kWp would represent the total capacity of panels across the whole of Gozo and “certainly would not fit on the roofs of those schools”.
The PN added that if the government had instead intended to refer to 31,940.6 kWh generated annually, then the situation would be “even worse”, claiming the amount would be significantly lower than figures previously published in a parliamentary reply by Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri.
The opposition accused the government of incompetence and deception in the energy sector, insisting that ministers should have addressed the issues when they were first flagged rather than issuing what it described as misleading statements.
The statement concluded with the PN saying that only a Nationalist government could address what it called years of neglect and mismanagement in the energy sector, while pledging to give the sector and the Maltese and Gozitan people a “Fresh Start”.
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