Joint Ocean/Wave Energy Project : To develop a new project to monitor the progress with the development of ocean-based energy technologies, to extend the earlier resource assessment work carried out by SOPAC and to look at the possibility of building a ocean-based energy demonstration project in the region.
Investigation of Oceanographic Conditions at Tongatapu Blowholes for Assessment Studies of Power Generation from Wave Energy : Project objectives are to:
(1) produce baseline data of the inshore waters of the southern coast of Tongatapu &
(2) assist investigations into the use of wave energy at the blowholes as a source of power.
In 1984, a suitable site was found to install wave recording instruments.
Power utility GIS workshop held between 14 - 17 April 1998.
Joint Ocean/Wave Energy Project : To develop a new project to monitor the progress with the development of ocean-based energy
technologies, to extend the earlier resource assessment work carried out by SOPAC and to look at the
possibility of building a ocean-based energy demonstration project in the region.
Joint Ocean/Wave Energy Project : To develop a new project to monitor the progress with the development of ocean-based energy
technologies, to extend the earlier resource assessment work carried out by SOPAC and to look at the
possibility of building a ocean-based energy demonstration project in the region.
Joint Ocean/Wave Energy Project : To develop a new project to monitor the progress with the development of ocean-based energy technologies, to extend the earlier resource assessment work carried out by SOPAC and to look at the possibility of building a ocean-based energy demonstration project in the region.
SOPAC Workshop on Sea and Swell Data : The SOPAC Workshop on Sea and Swell Data was held at Te Atukura, the Government Reception Centre, Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 21 November to 5 December 1989. The
Workshop was part of the wave energy programme being carried out by SOPAC in conjunction with, and sponsored by the Government of Norway. The Workshop was aimed at providing initial training for two nationals each from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa. (Unfortunately Vanuatu was unable to attend).
Joint Ocean/Wave Energy Project : To develop a new project to monitor the progress with the development of ocean-based energy
technologies, to extend the earlier resource assessment work carried out by SOPAC and to look at the
possibility of building a ocean-based energy demonstration project in the region.
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National Energy Policy : National Energy Policies developed, endorsed and implemented. PEMM - Utilize regulatory
principles to create an economic policy environment and energy legislative frameworks.
Pacific Energy News Number 4 December 2002
Solar Cooking Demonstration Workshop in Kiribati : The use of solar energy in everyday cooking at a domestic level and in replacing the conventional ways of cooking using firewood in an open fire or on kerosene stoves was demonstrated via this project. SOPAC and the Ferris University (of Japan) implemented the activities in collaboration with the Energy Planning Unit in Kiribati.
Wave data collection in Tongatapu, Tonga from May 1987 - July 1992.
Executive SummaryLocated 640 km North North West of Fiji’s capital Suva, Rotuma is Fiji’s remotest island. Disruptions in fuel supply and high supply cost for fuel have triggered interest to develop local coconut resources and other renewable energies. In 2005 an electrification project using coconut oil as a fuel was proposed under the regional Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency Project (REEP) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Pacific Energy News Number 1 May 2008
Wave data collection in Tongatapu, Tonga from May 1987 to December 1991.
Evaluation of the Institutional Woodstoves in Kiribati, Phase II, Stage One : SOPAC had been providing financial assistance towards the design and the construction of woodstoves in Kiribati. This assistance was delivered through the FSP and it had a major training component aimed at enabling local people to build and maintain the woodstoves. Objectives of this activity was to carry out an evaluation of the Institutional Woodstoves project and to provide recommendations as to the
Joint Ocean/Wave Energy Project : To develop a new project to monitor the progress with the development of ocean-based energy
technologies, to extend the earlier resource assessment work carried out by SOPAC and to look at the
possibility of building a ocean-based energy demonstration project in the region.
Wave climate of the Cook Islands/