Technical Publications

This review of Renewable Energy Island (REIs) is an attempt to give an overview of initiatives within renewable energy on islands around the world. In its action plan - Energy 21 - the Danish government has decided that a Danish island as a demonstration project should become self sufficient from renewable energy sources, including transportation, within 10 years. In November 1997 the Danish island Samsoe was officially selected - among 5 candidates - to become a REI. The Danish REI is a good starting point for

This study was undertaken to analyze the use of energy in the household, industrial, and commercial sectors of urban Suva. It involved surveys of 1011 electrified households, 301 nonelectrified households, 76 industrial establishments, 77 commercial concerns, and 10 large office buildings. The surveys included questionnaire-based interviews, examination of premises, and the study of the records of consumption maintained by users and suppliers of energy.

A report to the Fiji Government with financial assistance from the International Development Research Centre. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of IDRC.

Executive summary - A Survey of the Diaspora was undertaken to inform the Pitcairn Island Council (PIC) and the United Kingdom Government (UKG) of the potential for Diaspora migration to Pitcairn. In order for the PIC to consider the potential to increase the population count through Pitcairn Diaspora migration, information on the size, spread, potential interest, and conditions of returning was required.

This report notes that in Funafuti, the use of electricity has grown at a very rapid rate over the past ten years and that this rapid growth is still continuing. In 1988 for the first time, the peak load exceeded the firm capacity of the power station. 

Keywords - TEA, TEC, Tuvalu Electricity Corporation, Funafuti

This Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) has been prepared for the Vanuatu Rural Electrification Project Stage 2 (VREP II). The RPF is a companion document to the VREP II Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) (December 2016).

The National Statistics Office (VNSO) released the official tables and summary of key findings from the 2016 Mini-Census supported by the Government of Vanuatu. The planning and and execution of the Mini-Census began in June 2016 with the launch and fieldwork in November 2016. It is a basic household and population count to update the household list as well as an opportunity to collect basic progress indicators of the government policies and services.

The 2015 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture is the third comprehensive data collection of population and housing characteristics and the first data collection of agriculture included with population and housing taken by the Republic since Compact Implementation in October 1994.

A household electrical appliances, lights, and end-use survey was undertaken in Nauru in June/July 2015. In total 286 households were surveyed, which constitutes 17% of all households in Nauru.Captured in report are some of the findings as well as a few observations.

The expected outcomes of the household survey are:

Tonga’s 2015/2016 HIES was implemented from October 2015 to October 2016 and this survey report provides an overview of the survey, a summary of the aggregated income and expenditure estimates and a brief population and income and expenditure distribution analysis. This report is the first analytical output of the survey, however there’s a multitude of opportunity for more in-depth thematic analysis and other uses of HIES data for which the survey was implemented, including: