Demand Side Management Project : Review and report on the current status of DSM activities within SOPAC member country electric power utilities; determine the most appropriate technologies and methodology for the implementation of a DSM programme; prepare a detailed programme design; and the implementation, management and reporting for at least three demonstration DSM projects.
Pacific Power Association (PPA) Annual Conference : Participation at Annual Conference.
Presentation prepared and delivered.
New information gathered.
Conference summary report prepared.
Demand Side Management Project : Review and report on the current status of DSM activities within SOPAC member country electric power utilities; determine the most appropriate technologies and methodology for the implementation of a DSM programme; prepare a detailed programme design; and the implementation,management and reporting for at least three demonstration DSM projects.
Economic Potential of Renewable Energy : Full feasibility studies of applicable / possible renewable energy projects for the region.
Regional Biomass Resource Assessment : To assess the biomass resource in a number of member countries (Cook Is, Fiji, FSM, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu) and to prepare a management plan for the future effective use and management of the resource. This project helped ensure that member countries are able to better assess and manage their relatively scarce biomass resources.
Pacific Energy Newsletter Number 2 May 2000
National energy demand/supply database for Palau
National energy demand/supply database for RMI.
National energy demand/supply database for Niue
Technical Assistance on the Energy Supply and Demand Database : To assist member countries to establish and maintain a compatible, accurate, reliable and up-to-date energy supply and demand database so as to enable effective management and planning of their
national energy sectors.
Advanced Regional Training on 'Solar Power' : To provide in conjunction with the Solar Energy Company (SEC) in Kiribati assistance in the coordination of an advanced training programme on "Solar Power" in Fiji. Training programme convened and trainees trained.
Senior solar technicians from Kiribati, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu and Marshall Islands attended at an Advanced Regional Training Workshop on Solar Power at the Center for Appropriate Technology
Development (CATD), Nadave, Fiji, from 5 to 9 May 2003.
Technical Assistance on the Energy Supply and Demand Database : To assist member countries to establish and maintain a compatible, accurate, reliable and up-to-date energy supply and demand database so as to enable effective management and planning of their
national energy sectors.
Pacific Energy Newsletter Number 2 May 2004
Pacific Energy Newsletter Number 3 August 2004
Pacific Power Association (PPA) Annual Conference : Participation at Annual Conference. Presentation prepared and delivered. New information gathered.
Conference summary report prepared.
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS): Japan (Diesel Training) : Coordinated annual event.
Participated in annual event.
Summary report.
Evaluation of the Photovoltaic Power System for the Christian Institute for Community Development, Abemama Island, Republic of Kiribati.
Pacific Energy Newsletter Number 1 2005
COCOGEN Project : A number of Pacific Island countries have started to consider biofuels as a strategic renewable energy option. First successful trials to use straight coconut oil (CNO) have been undertaken in Fiji, Marshall Islands New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Both the University of the South Pacific and the University of Papua New Guinea have started scientific research on the subject. In general opportunities exist to utilize CNO and other vegetable oils as an alternative fuel for transport and electricity generation. Thus the objectives of this project were to;
Regional Energy Meeting (REM2004) held from 29 November to 3 December 2004, in Madang, Papua New Guinea, co-jointly with the PIESAP Regional Planning and Consultative Meeting.