Reports and Proceedings

Expert Meeting on the Pacific Regioanal Data Repository for SE4All

An Expert Meeting to discuss the Pacific Regional Data Repository was held on 5-6 December 2013 at the ESCAP Pacific Office.  The meeting followed the signing of a ‘Declaration on the Pacific Regional Data Repository on Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)’ in New York on 27 September 2013, and was held to discuss energy data needs and priorities as input into the drafting of a technical proposal for consideration by Pacific island governments.

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Report on Advisory mission to Fiji on energy Statistics

This report was prepared by Rikke Munk Hansen for the department of energy. This report is the result of an advisory mission to the Department of Energy (DoE). There is a general recognition among staff of the Department of Energy (DoE) of the importance of energy statistics for development, implementation and monitoring of energy policies. The establishment of an energy demand database and the provision on energy demand and supply data to the public are part of the Department’s corporate plan.

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Sustainable Energy Policy: Overview Report on an Advisory Mission to the Cook Islands

This report was prepared by Peter Johnston for the Division of Energy. This overview report summarises energy policy issues in the Cook Islands and provides general recommendations to improve both the policies and possible means to more effectively implement. . This report only touches briefly on petroleum.

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Pacific Subregional Perspectives on Challenges and Opportunities in Enhancing Energy Security and Promoting Sustainable Use of Energy in the Pacific

This report was prepared by Peter Johnston. FAESP: Energy security exists when all people at all times have access to sufficient sustainable sources of clean and affordable enrgy and services to enhance their social and economic well being and Energy security depends on the availability, accessibility, affordability, stability, and uses of energy. The FAESP Goal is to secure the supply, efficient production and use of energy for sustainable development.

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Climate Investment Funds

This report was prepared by the Government of Vanuatu. This document contains the Investment Plan (IP) for Vanuatu. The consultations included a wide range of government agencies, as well as representatives from the private sector, civil society, and academia. This Investment Plan, if implemented, will be profoundly transformational for Vanuatu, changing a country with very limited access to electricity to one in which roughly 90 percent of the population has access and in which most of the energy consumed comes from renewable energy sources.

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Urban Household Appliance & Energy Use Survey: Port Villa & Luganville, Vanuatu (2013), Volume 1: Main Report

This report was prepared by the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) in collaboration with Vanuatu Department of Energy & Meteorology, UNDP Pacific Centre, SPC CCCPIR Energy Component and the Vanuatu National Statistics Office for the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Vanuatu. The survey objectives were  to reduce data gaps regarding residential energy use in electrified urban households and use the information to develop initiatives  to assist households, reduce electrical energy use without compromising the quality of services.