PIREP

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PIREP PIGGAREP Solomone Fifita, CTA-PIREP,
SPREP.
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Whats in a name?
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project
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Background to the PIREP

• 1997-2001 GEF-funded Pacific Islands Climate
  Change Action Programme (PICCAP)
• PICCAP conducted a regional GHG Mitigation Study
  in 1998
• Study identified the energy sector as among the
  major sources of GHG emission
• PICs requested UNDP and SPREP to develop a
  regional GHG mitigation project focussing on RE
• 2002 PIREP was approved for funding

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The PIREP

• GEF OP 6 MSP (Promote the adoption of RE by
  removing barriers and reducing the implementation
  costs)
• Project Development Exercise
• Implementation began in 2003

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Purpose of the PIREP

• The purpose of the project is the acceleration of
  the adoption and commercialisation of feasible
  and applicable RE technologies .

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Development Goal of the PIREP

• Preparation of a regional approach to removing
  barriers to the development and commercialisation
  of RE systems in the PICs that influences country
  efforts to reduce the long-term growth of
  greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuel
  uses, especially diesel

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Preparation of the Regional Approach

• Renewable Energy Barrier Assessment Studies
• Studies of projects to demonstrate the business
  angle of RE service delivery, a technical support
  programme and financing mechanisms to support RE
  development
• Consultation meetings
• Drafting of the regional approach to removing
  barriers through a Full Size GEF project

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GEF Full Size Project
Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas Abatement
through Renewable Energy Project
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What is PIGGAREP?

• OP 6 Full Size Project
• Focussing on SP-4 Productive uses of RE
• Proposed to be housed at SPREPs Climate Change
  Programme
• 11 PICs participating
• Budget of USD5.225 M
• Project Brief was approved by the GEF Council in
  June 05
• ProDoc is yet to be approved

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PIGGAREP ACTIVITIES

• Barrier removal activities in 6 areas
• Each area is associated with the 6 general areas
  of barriers identified during the PIREP studies

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Component 1 Technical Capacity Building and
Technology Support

• RE resources assessment (wind, hydro, etc)
• Technical Support (technical evaluation of
  existing RE projects, setting technical
  standards, training of the design of RE projects,
  etc, etc

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Component 2 RE market development

• Supporting development of RE investment projects
• Feasibility studies of RE projects relating to
  income generation, water pumping, education,
  irrigation, health and telecommunication
• Assessment of local capacities for RE
  manufacturing and RESCOs

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Component 3 RE Institutional Strengthening

• Institutional capacity building to RE units,
  offices, etc
• Supply of RE planning tools such as computer
  hardware and software, etc

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Component 4 RE Financial Support

• Design and Implementation of smart RE financing
  schemes
• Review of existing financing schemes, etc
• Establishment of a RE financing facility for
  PICs, etc

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Component 5 Policy and Regulatory Support

• National Energy Policies
• Review of Power, Energy and Environment
  Legislations, etc, etc

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Component 6 Information and Awareness
Enhancement

• RE advocacy and awareness
• Information dissemination
• Award programs for practical innovative ideas,
  projects, etc
• Training of various sizes, shapes and colours

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Others

• Activities are pretty much indicative
• To be confirmed during inception phase
• PICs need to look at their total energy / climate
  change picture
• PIGGAREP welcomes win-win-win collaboration
  effort with all other related national, regional
  and international initiatives, including REP-POR
  

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More info about the PIGGAREP

• http//www.gefonline.org/projectDetails.cfm?projID
  2699
• http//www.sprep.org/climate_change/pirep.htm
• Solomonef_at_sprep.org

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Thank you!