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Energy Fiji Limited (EFL) is the main generator and distributor of grid-based power to an estimated 90 percent of the population on the main islands of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, and Ovalau. EFL aims to be 90 percent renewable powered by 2025 and 99 percent by 2030. At least 4 percent of the total population are still without proper access to electricity. Essential services such as healthcare, education, water supply, and airport services are heavily dependent on on-grid electricity supply. Fiji''s energy security is further impacted by the threats of climate change. Dry periods can severely impact and reduce water supply and flooding causes wastewater to overflow and seep into local flora and fauna.
Incentives are offered to encourage investments in energy generation through renewable energy sources and to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Fiji has untapped renewable energy resources such as hydro, wind, biomass, solar, and geothermal, which can be used for energy generation. Opportunities exist for replacing fossil fuels used in ground transport through expanding the use of biofuels, hybrid, and electric vehicles, and for investments in small-scale renewable energy systems. There is further potential for use of renewable energies in maritime transport and improved efficiency of vessels and engines.
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From left to right: JICA Fiji Office Resident Representative Mayumi Amaike, Embassy of Japan Chargé d''affaires ad interim Kenichiro Tanaka, Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Shiri Gounder, ADB''s Pacific Subregional Office Regional Director Aaron Batten, andMinistry of Public Works and Meteorological Services Acting Deputy Secretary George Tavo.
SUVA, FIJI (14 December 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Fiji today signed a grant agreement totaling $3 million to help Fiji gain better access to renewable energy through the Rural Electrification Support Project.
The Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific will provide $3 million grant financing to be administered by ADB. The Government of Fiji will contribute $400,000 in counterpart financing.
Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, and National Development and Statistics, and ADB Alternate Governor Shiri Gounder and ADB''s Pacific Subregional Office Regional Director Aaron Batten signed the grant agreement at an event in Suva held in the presence of Japanese Chargé d''affaires ad interim Kenichiro Tanaka.
"The impact of this project will be a resource-efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally sustainable energy sector achieved," said Mr. Gounder. "The project will directly benefit approximately 190 households in remote locations, by improving their access to electricity generated from renewable energy sources."
"ADB has played a pivotal role in supporting Fiji''s energy sector ever since the nation became a member country," said Mr. Batten. "ADB''s energy sector program for Fiji is aligned with one of the objectives of the country partnership strategy-broadening access to quality services and economic opportunities through making inclusive infrastructure investments."
"We are pleased to be supporting the Government of Fiji to demonstrate a clean, sustainable, and reliable rural electrification model that can be replicated across the country," said Mr. Tanaka.
The Fiji Rural Electrification Support Project will expand and upgrade a mini-hydropower facility and install a solar photovoltaic-based mini-grid together with battery energy storage system in remote locations. The project will also help create a robust operations and maintenance system for rural electrification in Fiji, through institutional strengthening of the government and capacity development of the concerned communities.
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
ADB Board of Governors has unanimously elected Masato Kanda as ADB''s 11th President.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. It assists its members and partners by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development.
Millions of people across the Pacific region lack access to electricity, and existing power provision is heavily reliant on expensive petroleum imports. Relieving these burdens to quality of life and development requires significant investment in renewable energy infrastructure and new approaches to technology design, project financing, and ownership and operation models.
Toward that end, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has announced the launch of a new project in Fiji to help advance that country''s plan to provide electricity for all rural residents and to generate all power from renewable sources by 2030.
The $1.5 million initiative is called Accelerating Solar Mini-Grid Deployment in Fiji, and the initial feasibility study will be led by the Laboratory for Energy and Power Solutions (LEAPS), part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University.
For the next 18 months, thatfeasibility study will set up to assess 300 remote communities that lack access to reliable and affordable electricity, and then prioritize 75 sites for $40 million in capital investment for new solar-powered mini grids with energy storage capacity. These installations will displace diesel-powered generators and enhance power access and equity for Indigenous peoples.
Initial project work will include the development of technical models, geospatial site planning, sustainable business models, climate change impact assessments as well as ownership and operation options. It will also include the preparation of public tender documents for the construction, operation and maintenance of the mini grids.
LEAPS has conducted more than 100 mini grid and micro grid assessments in different countries, and the experience has demonstrated that conventional approaches to power system development may limit the electrification of communities now lacking adequate provision.
"We''ve developed innovative approaches to engineering, and even to levels of ownership and financing models, through previous work," saidNathan Johnson, director of LEAPS, an associate professor of engineering at ASU and a senior global futures scientist. "Our methods reduce the time necessary to complete feasibility assessments and increase the accuracy of results that enable right-sizing the system and ensuring long-term sustainability."
Johnson said their work enables identification of the best configuration and funding for each mini grid deployment. Additionally, he said the proximity of some sites should open opportunities to bundle mini grids into single procurements — or combine community mini grids with anchor clients such as cell towers, health-care services and local industry — with notable efficiency benefits.
This kind of effort is complex and requires broad support. Deployed by Fiji''s Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics, the consortium led by ASU includes the Global Green Growth Institute, an intergovernmental organization devoted to sustainable growth, and the Xendee Corporation, a micro grid technology support business.
According to Enoh T. Ebong, director of USTDA, the partnership represents concrete action toward deepening engagement on infrastructure development within Pacific Island nations.
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