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Our transition from diesel generation to renewable energy is our progress towards achieving a sustainable power source for the Kingdom for generations to
This means that little more than 30,000 people are spread across 35 islands, presenting acute issues in terms of the provision of modern infrastructure. At OIREP commencement, the ADB estimated that 89% of all households across Tonga had access to electricity.
Australia also has a long history of engagement in relation to helping secure Tonga's outer island energy needs. In the early 2000s, Australia funded the Ha'apai Outer Islands Electrification project (HOIEP), which involved the installation of diesel-powered generators and electrical reticulation on four islands in the Ha'apai group.
This has contributed to the Tongan economy and electricity consumers being exposed to high and volatile electricity prices due to fluctuations in the price of oil internationally. According to UK-based aggregate website Cable, Tonga's electricity is the 13th most expensive in the world, at an average cost of USD 0.35 per kilowatt hour (kWh).
The project achieved its proposed impact, in terms of helping Tonga reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuel for power generation with OIREP assets estimated to have reduced diesel usage by 0.5 million litres annually. Central to the project outcome was the provision of on-grid and off-grid generation solar power at reduced cost.
However, significant needs and opportunities exist to further expand renewable energy systems on outer islands. Less tangible, but also important is the role played by OIREP in consolidating Tonga's social contract with remote island dwelling communities, by allowing for enhanced and more reliable access to electricity.
Just 36 of Tonga's islands are inhabited, with more than 70% of the total population residing on just one island – Tongatapu. This means that little more than 30,000 people are spread across 35 islands, presenting acute issues in terms of the provision of modern infrastructure.

Our transition from diesel generation to renewable energy is our progress towards achieving a sustainable power source for the Kingdom for generations to
Tonga Energy Road Map Plus 2025, aims to achieve 70% of renewable energy share in electricity generation. The recent installation of solar mini-grid systems on three
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Tonga Power Limited is continuously expanding its Renewable Energy Portfolio, through the introduction of solar generation and most recently Tonga"s first ever large scaled wind
Following the Renewable Energy Bill of 2008, Tonga initiated the Tonga Energy Roadmap (TERM) in 2009, aiming to reduce dependence on imported diesel fuel and increase
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TPL have excellent knowledge of Tonga''s power generation systems, power network and future needs from an operational point of view. Similarly, Energy Planning Unit
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Through continual innovation in PV technology thereon, driven by energy poverty, global competition, and the need to curb greenhouse gas emission, presently PV technology
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