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Melanesia Million Miracle Programme (M3P) Kuini Rabo Economic Development Division Secretariat of the Pacific Community

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Melanesia Million Miracle

Programme (M3P)

Kuini Rabo

Economic Development Division

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Background SPC – Secretariat of the Pacific Community

• Inter-governmental Organisation that works in public health, geoscience,

agriculture, forestry, water resources, disaster management, fisheries,

education, statistics, transport, energy, human rights, gender, youth and

culture to help Pacific Island people achieve sustainable development.

• With its members are the 22 Pacific Island countries and territories that are

the beneficiaries of its services, along with four of the original founding

countries.

• Headquarters- Noumea, New Caledonia, Regional offices – Suva, Fiji

Islands, Pohnpei, FSM and Country office- SI

• Economic Development Division (EDD) through its Energy programme

(hereafter “SPC’s EDD”), with its office located at Suva, Fiji and is

mandated by the Pacific Energy Ministers as the host of regional energy

programme

THE CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THE REGION

• Unique characteristics of the region

o Pacific ocean covers approx. 36% of the earths surface, and 22 Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) are dispersed across a large part of it.

o Land area range from 5 sq. Km (Pitcairn Is) to 462,840 sq. km (PNG)

o Populations range from approx 70 (Pitcairn Is) and 1,165 (Tokelau) to approx 6.8 million (PNG)

o Accounts for more than 50% of the world’s languages

o Tyranny of distance

o Extremely high unit cost of service

o Only 1.8% of the total Pacific islands region is land – 98.2 % is ocean.

EXTREME CLIMATE

CONDITION Hurricanes Flooding tsunamis Draught Sea level rise

Source: SPC Energy Indicator, 2009

97%

72%

46% 44%

100% 99% 99%

12%

72%

98%

14%

89% 94%

28%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Electrification Rate - Grid connected

Ave. 23%

Electrification of the rural and remote areas of the Pacific

Past Rural Electrification Programme in PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

(Teacher’s Solar Lighting Project

(TSLP)

Lighting Vanuatu Project Pacific Micro Energy

Services Companies Project

(REEEP –Solomon Islands)

i. Social cultural issues including

theft and vandalism;

ii. Transport are difficult;

iii. Perceptions of poor

technological quality due to

lack of back up maintenance

services;

iv. Weaknesses in staff capacity at

institutions responsible for

project implementation;

v. Poor project design attributed

to lack of consultations with

national; and agencies.

i. Market- the sustainable

and consistent supply

chains have not been

established. This gives a

risk that the current

demand could leave the

market flooded with poor

quality solar lanterns;

ii. High priority to be given to

the very underprivileged to

access solar lanterns;

iii. Inconsistent record

keeping; and

iv. Waste management

i. Progress was slow, the

fee was considered too

high by the

communities; and

ii. No backup services for

maintenance or spare

parts for the LED lights

Solar lanterns provided by

the MP, inconsistent, not of

good quality, no back up

services.

Source: Evaluation Report “Unsold Solar: A post mortem of PNG’s Teachers Solar Lighting Project

Independent Completion Report Lighting Vanuatu

M3P Framework

• M3P – PNG, SI & Vanuatu

• Small Energy Projects Programme

Projects in the Pipeline

• Taroniara Clinic Solar Project

• Biche Village Hydro Project

• Hulavu Solar project

• Faseu Micro Hydro Project

M3P Approach

• Electricity brings miracles to people’s lives

• To light up 1M people is a miracle

• Simple, portable and low costs equipment as entry point to the world of electricity

• Technology that suits people’s physical and socio-economic environment

• Partnership with Government, an NGO, Community and Women’s group on the ground

• Establish local back up support as business

• Reduce use of fossil fuel- mitigate to climate change

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P) Overall objective: Improve the welfare of 1 million households in the rural areas of PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu through rural electrification programme that is conducive to the social and economic environment of the target communities.

Specific Objective: To increase access to modern, affordable, reliable and sustainable energy services in the rural communities.

Concrete Outputs:

• Empowered local NGOs and communities, particularly women to engage on income generating activities, Solar technicians

• Facilitate deployment of new technology in rural communities

• Create demand, markets and business environment for solar energy services; and

• Reduce carbon intensity, reliance and spending kerosene use

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P)

Project Partners:

• SPC

• Department of Energy

• Selected NGO (ACTIV-Vanuatu, Kokoda Track Foundation-PNG and Choiseul Provincial Council of Women Solomon Islands)

• Women’s Group

• Target communities

• Development partners (Current: AusAID) (future funding)

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P) Project update

• 2013 – proposal presented PEAG meeting- supported by the Countries ( PNG, Vanuatu and SI) Government;

• 2014-Validation process, selection of project sites ( April –May 2014). Socio-Economic and environmental analysis of the project sites were conducted. Consultation with all project partners specifically the communities, women’s group. Selection of appropriate technology and procurement of technology.

• 2015- 2nd follow up consultation with project partners (Community & Women’s group), Installation 12 Volt DC off grid solar PV charging system , business (simple book-keeping) and technical trainings. Nov 2015-2016- Follow up Monitoring & evaluation process.

Solar Pico Lanterns Sunlabob is a Lao commercial company, licensed since 2001, which offers renewable energy products and provides commercially viable energy services for remote areas with a focus where the national electricity grid will not reach for many years

Vanuatu – 2 charging stations – 120Wp 12v

PNG – 2 charging stations – 120Wp 12v

Solomon Islands – 8 charging stations -60Wp 12v

SPC approach – Solar pico lanterns and charging system. Warranty period for the solar pico lanterns -2 years and charging system is 1 year. Cost of 1 solar pico lantern- USD 53 (exclude the delivery cost).

Lanterns have 3 settings: low setting light intensity is 20 lumens, medium- 50 lumens and high 120 lumens.

Time light will be available without the need to re-charge at each setting varies: 55 hours- low; 16.5 hours for medium and 5.5 hours for high setting.

Estimate- in a week household will re-charge their lamp twice.

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P) Project update

Current funding 1st year

2015 – 3,600 people have

access to modern lighting (

solar pico lanterns) 600

households in the rural of

Melanesia.

Establishment of 12

charging stations serve as

solar shops ( 2 in PNG, 2

in Vanuatu and 8 in

Solomon Islands)

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P) Project update

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P) Project update

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P) Project update

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P) Project update

Melanesia’s Million Programme (M3P) Project update

Thank You Vinaka