Inter-island Transport in Fiji Powered by Renewable Energy - Fiji Pilot Project with Vaka Motu Okeanos 1

Abstract

The Pacific Islands meets in averages 80% of their energy needs from imported fossil fuel and quarter of their total import on diesel. Less than 10% of their energy demand comes from renewable domestic sources. Transport to remote islands becomes hugely costly because of the imported fuel and that the islands populations are not large enough to sustain a commercial ferry services with big vessels with high running costs.