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Western Province Regional renewable energy program
A resource assessment exercise involving over 100 villages, enabling a planned approach to renewable energy development in the region
This program aims for a sustainable structure, particularly at local levels of Provincial Government, Area Council and rural community structures, that will enable a regional implementation of renewable energy infrastructure with community ownership and shared measures of support at these local levels
Currently ongoing project of three years duration
Supported by
AusAID (formerly AIDAB) (50 percent)
APACE (Solomon Islands and Australian Office)
Rural communities
Western Province Legislative Assembly, Solomon Islands
Ministry of Public Works, Western Province
Ministry of Education, Western Province
Ministry of Local Government, Western Province
Clients are rural communities in the Western Province of Solomon Islands.
The context within which WPREP was conceived is briefly noted in Dr Robert Waddell's paper, Producing Power at the Local Level
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