Regional Sustainable Energy Industry Development Project

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The objective of the Regional Sustainable Energy Industry Development Project is to increase the data availability and capacity of power utilities of the Pacific Island Countries and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to enhance their ability to incorporate and manage renewable energy technologies and long-term disaster risk planning. There are three components to the project, the first component being renewable energy resource mapping phases one to three. This component will carry out a resource-mapping assessment of solar and wind capacity across 10 PICs. The objective of this component is to enhance the awareness and knowledge of governments, utilities and the private sector about the resource potential for renewable technologies (solar and wind), and to provide governments with a spatial planning framework to guide investment in the RE sector. The second component is the technical assistance. This component will carry out a program of activities designed to increase capacity within the utilities in 10 PICs and PNG on planning for and management of the integration of variable RE in their systems, data collection and management, and knowledge sharing across jurisdictions. Finally, the third component is the project implementation support. This component will carry out a program of activities designed to enhance the PPA’s capacity for overall project coordination, management and monitoring. These activities include coordination, administration, technical operation, procurement, financial management (FM), environmental and social management, gender action plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and reporting.