Vanuatu solar System

How can Vanuatu benefit from solar power?

With this project, 17,000 households throughout Vanuatu will be supported to access non grid, renewable electricity through solar. With low population densities and large distances between communities, a key challenge for the project has been providing access to electricity in a way that is cost effective and efficient.

Does Vanuatu have electricity?

Made up of about 80 islands, getting public services to reach remote communities can often be a challenge. Until recently, 75 percent of Vanuatu’s population lived without access to electricity. The Vanuatu Rural Electrification Project is subsidizing 50 percent of the cost of solar kits so families can generate electricity for their homes.

Will a new solar micro-grid change Vanuatu's lives?

(Photo: Ian Iercet) On the remote island of Malekula, the second-largest island in Vanuatu, a new solar micro-grid is changing the lives of over 2,800 people - boosting local development while contributing to Vanuatu’s sector specific target of transitioning to close to 100 percent renewable energy for electricity by 2030.

What is Vanuatu's national energy road map?

Through its National Energy Road Map and in line with the goals of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, Vanuatu aims for 100 percent rural electrification and a total transition to renewable energy by 2030.