Technical Publications

The Cook Islands is committed to a target of 50% of islands transformed from diesel-based to renewable sourced electricity by 2015, to 100% coverage by 2020. To date, Cook Islands has achieved 50% target and is on track to achieving the 2020 target.

Cook Islands submitted their Intended nationally determined contributions (INDC) to the UNFCCC Secretariat on the 20th of November 2015.

No further revisions were undertaken and the same document was endorsed and submitted as the First nationally determined contributions on 1st September 2016.

RMI Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).  Communicated to the UNFCCC on 21 July 2015.  RMI commits to a quantified economy wide-target to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) to 32% below 2010 levels by 2025. RMI communicates, as an indicative target, its intention to reduce its emissions of GHGs to 45% below 2010 levels by 2030. These targets progress beyond RMIs Copenhagen pledge, and are based on the more rigorous data in RMIs forthcoming Second National Communication.

Summary Document. The report was funded by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Energy Working Group. Distribution technologies connect to the distribution network and while they can have a positive impact on that network, they can also have a negative impact at high penetrations if appropriate measures are not implemented. Solar photovoltaic systems (PV) are rapidly deployed at an increasing rate and are reliant on a source of energy that can fluctuate daily, hourly and even shorter periods.

. This report presents results of assessment of medium and large AC technologies used in commercial and public buildings in the Pacific countries. The air-conditioning technologies assessed are: Variable Refrigerant Volume/Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRV/VRF) systems, Reciprocating Chillers, Screw Chillers, Scroll Chillers and Heating Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) units with and without Variable Frequency Drive (VFD). Other smaller systems were assessed and their results have been presented in other complementing reports.

Report prepared for Asian Development Bank, by International Institute for Energy Conservation - Asia. 5 countries are part of this PEEP2 programme: Cook Islands, PNG, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu. In these Pacific Developing Member Countries (PDMCs) , a number of new/innovative end-use technologies are likely to be applicable for improving energy efficiency in a cost-effective manner as well as reducing energy use and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. The purpose is to identify and assess a range of applicable energy efficient low carbon technologies for the five PDMCs.

Preparatory Phase of the Samoa Photovoltaic Electrification Programme - Survey Report Final Draft. Contract 2007 - 005 UNDP Apia, Samoa. Report is about the preparatory phase to determine the technology to be used for electrificatino of those households that remain off-grid.  Samoa has one of the highest rates of electrification in the Pacific with recent estimates showing 95%or moreof the households are connected to the national grid

Mitiaro Island, Cook Islands, Energy Survey Report. Final Version - 28 March 2012. 

The energy survey in Mitiaro, including the household survey questionnaire and this report, has benefitted significantly from recent United Nations(UN) supported household surveys in Vanuatu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and the Cook Islands. 

Lighting maps of Vanuatu. Maps of islands in Vanuatu and pie chart overview of lighting i.e. % access to grid, kerosene, torchgas, own lighting and other.

Report captures PNG overview, energy overview, ciriticaly energy related problems, policies to implement priorities. Energy overview captures the following:

USP Research Publication.