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Sometimes small adjustments make a big difference when weather conditions deteriorate. Thanks to these precise adjustments, the garage door can now be used, even in poor weather conditions.

PEA's new garage is large enough to work on a Prinoth tractor in a separate, heated section.

In December 2020, Guus Luppens and Johan Demuylder install solar panels on the front side of the new garage at PEA, which had been completed in Feburary 2020.

The new set of solar panels placed on PEA's new garage in December 2020 is ready to be wired to the station's micro grid, which manages the distribution and use of the electricity produced.

The eastern side of the new garage is now protected by a layer of stainless steel plates and equipped with extra solar panels, which produce about 10% more renewable energy for the station. This will help fill energy production gaps late in the afternoon on sunny days.

Johan installs cable trays and electric cables that will be connected to the new solar panels on PEA's new garage, December 2020.

Stainless steel panels are placed on the north annex of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station, December 2020. The entire station is covered in stainless steel panels for protection.

Engineer Guus Luppens connects the electric cables from the solar panels freshlin installed on the outside walls of hte new garage to the inverters, which convert the direct current the solar panels produce into an alternate current that can be used in the station.

Under the station, Expedition Leader Alain Hubert is doing heavy maintenance in the crevasse where the clean, treated water from the station's water treatment unit is discharged. He uses a drill to direct the flow of discharged water through the ice.