Update: 2:44PM THE European Union (EU) and the Republic of Kiribati have signed a 3.7 Million Euro energy project, a European Union media release stated today.
According to the EU, the project is framed in the European Union-New Zealand energy partnership that was established at the Pacific Energy Summit in 2013, which has delivered renewable energy projects in Tuvalu, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Kiribati.
“The project will support the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a fully functional new diesel power station, an overhead 11 kV high voltage (HV) network and a 200kWp grid-connected PV system for Kiritimati Island, Kiribati.
“It will be implemented over two years,” the EU confirmed.
“At the Pacific Energy Conference held in Auckland, New Zealand in June, 2016, this partnership expanded to include Niue, Tonga, and the Northern Pacific,” the EU stated.
