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PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IS THE WAY TO GO

22-Oct-2017

 

Following five earlier grant aid-funded solar farms, the Kingdom of Tonga finally commissioned its first large scale independent power producer facility on Thursday 19 October 2017 – Matatoa Solar Farm. The 2 megawatt grid-connected solar farm is the first and obviously the largest in the Kingdom to date.

The Nuku’alofa-based Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) has acknowledged and congratulated Tonga for the right path it has taken and the model it is providing for the Pacific Islands.

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South-South sustainable energy exchange calls for strengthened networking and coordination

14-Oct-2017

Suva, Fiji –Twenty private sector energy businesses from around the Pacific region took part in a week long South-South capacity building and knowledge exchange program from 2 to 6 October Suva, Fiji. Participants explored opportunities to expand their business models and heard how the newly established Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) could provide them with on-going support in networking and coordination efforts.

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Alternative Energies Diminshes Asbestos

07-Oct-2017

Asbestos is a harmful mineral that is not used as often now as it was in past few decades, but nevertheless is still in use in a number of industries. Older homes are full of asbestos, as are many power plants and oil refineries. Exposure to asbestos puts people at risk for serious illnesses, including malignant mesothelioma. The strive toward alternative energy is leaving no room for asbestos, though, and that helps protect everyone.

The following link is an awareness article on reducing the catastrophe effect asbestos cause by using alternative energies:

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Promoting sustainable energy entrepreneurship in the PICTS: A south-south capacity building exchange facilitated by SPC and supported by the NZ and US governments; Suva, Fiji, 2-6 October 2017

06-Oct-2017

The PCREEE has a strong focus on the private sector and industry while supporting targeted renewable energy and energy efficiency programs to enhance the productivity of key industries with high job leverage (e.g. agriculture, tourism, fishery, manufacturing, creative industry) and the creation of a locally sustainable energy servicing and manufacturing industry. 

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PCREEE – Tonga Chamber of Commerce Private Sector and Business Community Consultations

28-Sep-2017

28th September, 2017 Empowering the Private Sector and the Business Community to be the driver of the sustainable energy development in Tonga is the objective of a one day consultation meeting at the Tungi Collonade at Nuku’alofa on 28th September 2017.

As part of the Paris Agreement and Tonga’s Energy Road Map or TERM, Tonga has adopted ambitious national renewable energy and energy efficiency targets of:

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