Reports and Proceedings

This report was prepared by Apruva Sanghi and Alan Bartmanovich. The supply of liquid petroleum based fuel products in OECD countries is a competitive business, with multinational oil companies such as BP, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total competing with each other to generate profits. In the remote small-island states such as in the Pacific or Caribbean, fuel markets are considered too small to have such beneficial competition.

This report was prepared by Theodore Levantis, Christine Groeger and Scott McNamara. The Pacific island countries rely almost exclusively on oil-based fuel for their energy needs. The recent surge in oil prices has exposed the vulnerability of these countries to the vagaries of world oil markets. The implications for import bills and for national incomes are considerable. This paper investigates these implications and explores measures for mitigating the impacts. 

This report was prepared by S D Sharma, G J Duffy and J H Edwards of CSIRO Energy Technology for  the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in Japan. The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), an administration and implementation arm of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in Japan has contracted CSIRO Energy Technology to undertake research on actual and potential renewable energy uptake in South Pacific countries.

This report was prepared by Keron Niles. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.Produced by the University of Otago, New Zealand.

This report was prepared by Keron Niles and Bob Lloyd. Article is published in the Journal of  Energy For Sustainable Development This paper asserts that the current dependence of Caribbean and pacific SID's on both development assistance from donor agencies and imported fossil fuels are not coincidental, but rather, it was due to the transition of these islands from subsistence agriculture to export-oriented economies, primarily to serve the interests of more developed metropolitan countries.

Report of Workshop - E3 Workshop, PELS Working Group Meeting & PALS Project Steering Commmittee Meeting, February 2015. Held in Canberra from 23 - 27 February 2015.

This report was prepared by Allison Woodruff and it was prepared for the 24th Science, Technology and Resources Network (STAR) Conference. This paper examines the potential for renewable energy technologies to promote sustainable development in rural areas in Pacific island countries. The current heavy dependence on imported fossil fuels for meeting the primary needs of countries is examined, as well as rising oil prices and the high costs associated with supplying electricity to rural areas.

This report was prepared by Allison Woodruff for the Regional Energy Officials Meeting in the Cook Islands 2007. The case studies were chosen in order to reflect as wide a range of renewable technologies as possible in a variety of different Pacific island settings. These include O’ua Island, which is part of the Ha’apai Solar Electrification Project in Tonga; the Bulelavata Micro-Hydroelectric Project in the Solomon Islands; the Welagi and Vanua Balavu Coconut Biofuel Projects in Fiji; and the Mangaia Wind Project in the Cook Islands.

This report was prepared for the Pacific Energy Oversight Group by Allan Mua Illingworth, Thomas Lynge Jensen and Katerina Syngellakis. The Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Energy Security in the Pacific (FAESP) 2010-2020 was endorsed in August 2010 at the 41st Pacific Islands Forum in Port Vila, Vanuatu and in April 2011 the Inaugural Regional Meeting of Ministers of Energy, ICT and Transport endorsed the associated draft Implementation Plan for Energy Security in the Pacific (IPESP) 2010-2015.

This report was prepared by Gerhard Zieroth. The use of coconut oil as a substitute for diesel fuel is attracting increasing interest. This MSc thesis enhances the understanding of this technology and points out directions for its future application in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) as well as other Pacific Island Countries. The research work was undertaken by the PIEPSAP project in cooperation with RWTH University in Aachen and it is based on a literature review and field data obtained in RMI and Fiji.