Case Study: 100% Renewable Energy Islands in Tuvalu, Fiji and Tonga

This report was prepared by K. Raghavan for the Inter-regional advisor and the University of West Indies Center for Energy and Development.

Eleven islands on three SIDS in the South Pacific have been selected for this Case Study (eight islands in Tuvalu, two in Fiji and one in Tonga). The selection criteria included: · The government of the island state should be strongly interested in making one or more of their islands into “100% RE Islands”.

This Case Study was carried out primarily because Espen Ronneberg, Inter-regional Advisor, SIDS wanted to investigate the possibility of having a few “100% Renewable Energy Islands” on SIDS.

Keywords: Tuvalu, Fiji, Tonga, Renewable Energy (RE), Smaill Island Developing State (SIDS), 100% RE Movement