This report was prepared by G. White . In response to a request for proposals from the Energy Planning Unit of the Ministry of Public Works & Utilities of the Republic of Kiribati.Gl Garrad Hassan has been commissioned to carry out a wind energy feasibility study for Kirimati Island. This report covers the feasibility Study for Kiritimati Island. Christmas Island has been almost continuously occupied only since the early 1880's, when the first attempt to plant coconuts for copra production commercially.