Environmental Assessment Report (DRAFT) - Proposed Grants and Administration of Grants for Additional Financing - Kingdom of Tonga: Outer Island Renewable Energy Project (Power distribution network upgrade work in Vava'u Island)

Abstract

The proposed additional financing for the Outer Island Energy Efficiency Project (the Project) will assist Tonga Power Ltd. (TPL) and the government of the Kingdom of Tonga (the government) efforts to minimize power distribution losses and reducing the fuel consumption of the existing diesel power plants. This will potentially avoid about 128 tons of CO2 per annum for the project as a whole and 104 tons of CO2 per annum for Vava’u alone.