Pacific Islands

Energy strategies in the Pacific Islands

Pacific Islands: one of the first regions to attempt rural electrification through solar PV.

First projects initiated in 1981 and 1982 in French Polynesia and Fiji.

Since that time, Papua, New Guinea, Cook Islands, Tonga, Kiribati, and Tuvalu have also implemented rural electrification programs.


Pacific Islands Energy for Sustainable Development: PIESD

Sustainable Living in Small Island Developing States: UNESCO

Energy and Sustainable Development in Pacific Islands:

World Council for Renewable Energy