Tuvalu Outer-Islands Electrification Programme

Mafalu Lotolua

Maritime and Energy Official’s Meeting

Port Vila, Vanuatu, 7-14 December 2016

Good standard of living

Drive some economic activities

Affordable, secure, and reliable

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13 Major Themes for the TE KAKEEGA III Theme (5) – Falekaupule and Island Development

- “Provide quality service and create more opportunities for development”

Outer-Islands Electrification Programme

Are we making a difference?

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Extension of Power Supply

In 2000, 3 x diesel generators and LVdistribution network were installed oneach island with 18hrs power supply;and

TEC, fully state owned Enterprise(SOE)responsible for managing and operatingdiesel power stations

3xdiesel generators of totsl176kW

3xdiesel generators of total 176kW

3xdiesel generators of total 176kW

3xdiesel generators of total 176kW

3xdiesel generators of total 176kW

3xdiesel generators of total 208kW

3xdiesel generators of total 1800kW

3xdiesel generators of total144kW

Battery lighting

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RE Target for Power Generation – 100% by 2020

2-Stated Goals• To generate electricity with 100% renewable energy by 2020 (revised 2015 to 2025), and• To increase energy efficiency on Funafuti (main island) by 30% 5

100% Target

Guided by the RE&EE Master Plan and isdirectly linked to the:

- Tuvalu National SustainableDevelopment Plan (Te Kakeega III),

- Tuvalu National Energy Policy 2009,

- Climate Change Policy (Te Kaniva)

Master Plan has identified the mostpossible proven technologies for Tuvalu tomeet its 100% target.

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MP Implementation Strategy

60 – 95% - Solar

0 – 40% - Wind

5% - Biodiesel

30% - Energy Efficiency

Cannot achieve 100% renewable energy with ONE Renewable Energy source and needto include other potential PROVEN and MATURED technology, and

Energy Efficiency is also important to avoid additional renewable energy generation.

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RE Space in Tuvalu

195kW PV mini-grid – 90% (2015) +132kW standby genset

230kW PV mini-grid – 90% (2015) + 132kW standby genset 205kW PV mini-grid – 90%

(2015) + 132kW standby genset

400kW PV mini-grid - 90% (2015) + 132kW standby genseint

70kW PV mini-grid – 50% (2015) + 131kW standby genset

87kW PV mini-grid – 50%(2015) + 131kW standby genset

45kW PV mini-grid –50% (2015) +91kW standby genset

170kW PV grid-connected (2015)

Standalone Home Solar (SHS) System (2017) 925kW PV/200kW wind/1MWh battery

storage (2017/2018)

Amatuku – 8kW PV mini-grid – 2% (2016)

1. e8/Japan Funded

2. Italy Funded

3. NZ Funded

4. EU Funded

5. UAE Funded

6. Finland Funded

7. World Bank Funded

Funafala - Standalone Home Solar (SHS)System (2017)

MSS – 46kW PV mi-grid –40% (2009)

500kW PV grid-connected (2015)

20/66kW PV grid-connected (2008/2014)

Main Island

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RE Space in Tuvalu (con’t)No Islands Technology PV Capacity

(kW)Batt(AH)

Standby Gen.(kW)

% RE Status

1 Nanumea Solar PV mini-grid 195 30,000 132 90 Operational

2 Nanumaga Solar PV mini-grid 205 33,000 132 90 Operational

3 Niutao Solar PV mini-grid 230 36,000 132 90 Operational

4 Vaitupu Solar-PV mini-grid 400 60,000 132 90 Operational

>MotufouaSS

Solar PV mni-grid 46 12,000 Feed from village power

40 Operational

5 Nui Solar PV mini-grid 70 15,360 131 50 Operational

6 Nukufetau Solar PV mini-grid 87 18,432 131 50 Operational

7 Nukulaelae Solar PV mini-grid 46 12,228 91 50 Operational

8 Niulakita Standalone Home Solar (SHS) System

0.280 200 Nil 100 1st Quarter 2017

9 Funafuti PV grid-connected 756 Nil 1,800 17 Operational

>Amatuku Solar PV mini-grid 8 2,000 180 4 Operational

>Funafala Standalone Home Solar (SHS) System

0.280 200 Nil 100 1st Quarter 2017 9

Solar Growth in Tuvalu

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

kW Deployed

Source – TEC

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Overall Share of Renewable Energy

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES

MASTER PLAN END2014

END 2015/2016

END2017/2018

Solar PV : 60 – 95% 4% 29% 43%

Wind : 0-40% 0 0 2%

Biodiesel : 5% 0 0 0

Energy Efficiency : 30% 0 0 0

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BAU Vs RE&EE

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500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

BAU

REEE Master Plan

• BAU is steadily increasing and with the installation of RE, the dieselconsumption tend to decrease.

• Diesel Saved from January – September, 2016 (9 months period) –~9% ascompared to the same period of 2015.

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Challenges

Limited land space available for the development of solar PV

Lack of Natural Resources – predominately solar

Unreliable telecommunication outer islands – for monitoring purposes

Unfrequented service of Government ferry to the outer islands

Capacity Gap

Rely on the donor community and partners for implementation of RE

Lack of finance for replacement of parts

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Moving Forward

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Floating PV

Requesting Government to assist with the replacement cost of themajor components of PV equipment

Continue capacity development

Looking for options to improve telecommunication

Tariff review

Where we are now?

98% access rate to quality electricity and 100% by 1st quarter 2017

24/7 power supply

More economic activities

Using electricity wisely

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Some Innovative ways we install PV modules

Power stationSite for PV

Outer-Island of Nukufetau Reef channel

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Some Innovative ways to install PV modules (con’t)

In front of the Power Station

Funafuti Island Natural bond - potential for floating PV’s system.

Space can be used for parking/recreation

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Thank You

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