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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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