{"id":2383,"date":"2013-04-02T15:18:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T04:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:46:53","slug":"pacific-energy-summit-hears-calls-for-better-funding-for-renewable-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pacific-energy-summit-hears-calls-for-better-funding-for-renewable-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Energy Summit hears calls for better funding for renewable projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2390\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pacific-energy-summit-hears-calls-for-better-funding-for-renewable-projects\/pacificenergysummit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2390\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2390\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pacificenergysummit.jpg\" alt=\"pacific energy summit logo\" width=\"450\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will this summit result in more 100% solar powered pacific nations?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It may have received scant attention in the Australian mainstream, whose attention may have been distracted by aborted leadership coups, football kickoffs et al, but a very important energy summit (including the latest in Pacific solar energy projects) took place in Auckland, New Zealand last week.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen Pacific nations attended the summit which was hosted by the New Zealand Government with co-sponsors the World Bank, The Asian Development Bank and AusAID. The Pacific Energy Summit explored a range of options for Pacific nations to achieve their energy targets and, perhaps most importantly, how to raise funding for such programs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This of course included solar power, already making headway in nations such as Tokelau which in throwing the switch to solar in November 2012 has become the world\u2019s first solar-powered country. For more on this achievement see our article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tokelau-throws-switch-to-100-percent-solar-in-australias-backyard\/\">Tokelau throws switch to 100 percent solar in Australia\u2019s backyard.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The example of Tokelau was alluded to in a speech to the convention by Simon Bridges, NZ Minister for Energy and Resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already seen the benefits through the partnership between the New Zealand Government, the people of Tokelau, and an innovative Kiwi company called PowerSmart, said the minister. \u201c&#8230;The solar project they\u2019ve created together with Tokelau is the biggest off-grid solar power system in the world. Tokelau now gets over 95% of its electricity from emissions-free solar power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full speech shows the work the Kiwis are doing to partner Pacific nations in their goal of reducing reliance on fossil fuel energy in favour of alternatives such as solar power. Minister Bridges (and the Kiwi government) have reason to pat themselves on the back as they have been at the forefront of providing funding for such Pacific-related renewable energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>As the summit has shown, the solar initiative for the Pacific is not limited to Tokelau with Henry Puna, the prime minister of the Cook Islands, announcing his country\u2019s intention to switch to 100 percent renewable energy by 2020. He has added that many other Pacific nations, many of which are threatened by rising sea levels as a result of climate change, have similar goals.<\/p>\n<p>Australia is represented at the Pacific Energy Summit by AusAID, its official government agency responsible for managing the country\u2019s overseas aid program. While it appears that Pacific nations have no shortage of renewable energy projects waiting to be started, it seems that funding is always a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Many Pacific governments claim the bulk of climate change mitigation funding is directed towards larger, more affluent, countries and the money fails to reach where it is needed most \u2014 nations threatened by rising sea levels. Hence the need for the Pacific Energy Summit.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this is where AusAID can help?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may have received scant attention in the Australian mainstream, whose attention may have been distracted by aborted leadership coups, football kickoffs et al, but a very important energy summit (including the latest in Pacific solar energy projects) took place in Auckland, New Zealand last week. 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