Renewables

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 Rupeni Mario. This paper is the result of discussions held during the Regional Energy Meeting (REM) 2000 and the SOPAC STAR Energy Working Group 2000 meeting which noted the need to provide technical information on “New Energy Technologies”, in particular, hydrogen fuel, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) and space solar power generation. As Pacific island countries vary widely in terms of natural resource endowment and energy use patterns, they still remain heavily dependent on fossil fuels to meet their increasing energy needs.

This report has been prepared by the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS Science) exclusively for and under contract to Ministry of Research Science and Technology. This desktop study provides an overview of the geothermal potential of selected Pacific islands and territories. It has been based on an initial literature review of 20 Pacific countries and then a subsequent more detailed review of five Pacific countries, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga and the Northern Mariana Islands.

The review team consisted of Herbert Wade (rural electrification), Yves Lambert (renewable energy) and Marion Ferguson (community and social development). The PREFACE programme is an $3.45 million joint effort of Australia and France with the goal of advancing social and economic development through the use of sustainable renewable energy technologies in the Pacific region. The stated purpose of the project is to increase the utilization of sustainable renewable energy technologies, in particular solar photovoltaics and wind energy technologies, in island and rural communities.

Project proposal document for the M3P.

This report was prepared by AWS Truewind for the World Bank. Using its WindSurvey system, AWS has produced maps of the predicted long term annual wind speed at heights of 12, 25 and 45 meters above ground and with a grid spacing of 1000m for the Far East Islands (PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji). The wind maps indicate that the low lying areas in southwestern Papua New Guinea has the best wind resource in that country. These speeds can be partially attributed to low surface roughness values and their perpendicular orientation  to the prevailing southeasterly winds.

Executive Summary:This report was prepared by Peter Johnston for UN ECONOMIC and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). This paper describes challenges and opportunities for enhancing energy security and more sustainable use of energy in the Pacific islands subregion of ESCAP.

This report was prepared by SMEC (Michael Wiener). The key objective of this project was to provide an independent assessment of the potential scale of the emmission reduction market from the energy sector projects developed in the Pacific.

Due to magnitude and complexity of this topic, providing an assessment of all potential energy sector Clean Development Mechanicm (CDM) opportunities within the Pacific as a whole was not possible.

Data from the wind mast in Tonoas in the FSM. Installed under the North-REP project

Data collected from the wind mast in Penia, Weno Island in FSM. Wind mast installed under the North-REP project.