{"id":3120,"date":"2013-12-23T13:55:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T03:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:08:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:38:54","slug":"tonga-gets-solar-power-plants-christmas-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tonga-gets-solar-power-plants-christmas-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonga gets a solar power plant for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3124\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/xmas1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3124\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3124\" alt=\"gift wrapped solar panel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/xmas1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tonga got a few thousand of these for Christmas!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s the time of giving, of peace and understanding towards all nations (in theory anyway) but what do you give the country that has everything: sun, beaches, lovely people etc? Why solar power plants of course.<\/p>\n<p>That is exactly the gift the Japanese government has given the beautiful island nation of Tonga according to press reports this week. According to the Tonga Power Limited, &#8220;&#8230; the\u00a0Japanese Government through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jica.go.jp\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese International Cooperation Association<\/a> (JICA) agreed to provide full grant funding for the Vaini solar project in Tongatapu.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 1MW solar farm will provide three percent of Tonga Power&#8217;s needs and is due for completion in March 2015. The solar power plant will contribute to reducing the island&#8217;s dependence on the polluting diesel plants currently in use. This all amounts to a very useful Christmas gift courtesy of JICA. Which is nice.<\/p>\n<p>Now the more hard nosed among you will be pleased to hear that your correspondent isn&#8217;t going to get all hippy and start advocating that you hug a solar cell or knit your own inverters for foreign aid this festive season. The very thought brings a tear to a glass eye.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there&#8217;s the standard quid pro quo when a wealthy nation rolls out the dosh for a smaller country in any foreign aid. Perhaps Japan&#8217;s trying to tie up Tonga&#8217;s vote in the next whaling meeting or seeking cheap holidays to the paradise island nation? I honestly don&#8217;t know. Perhaps too harsh?<\/p>\n<p>As my wife reminds me though, it pays not to be too cynical and in this case I think she&#8217;s right.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the political shenanigans behind the scenes, the result is that Tonga gets the funding for solar power projects which can only set an example to the rest of the fossil fuel polluting world. 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