The Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification is optimistic to successfully manage and develop non-renewable resources in the country. Minister for Mines, Energy & Rural Electrification, Hon. Samson Maneka made the statement in his Christmas Message.
The Bahomea Communities have maintained their stand to stop compulsory acquisition pursued by the Tina Hydro project office and the government. The Bahomea communities have denied any process since the government ignored the normal customary land ownership by the people of Bahomea.
Officers from the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) have met with community, church leaders and government workers at Malu’u, North Malaita, to determine the future of its operations in the region.
Former Guadalcanal Premier Stephen Panga has called on the National Government to establish a separate Act of Parliament for the proposed Tina Hydro Project.
Eight potential investors who have expressed interest in building and operating the Tina River Hydro Project took part in a major project briefing in Honiara, last week. The companies participating in the event were from Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Spain and Sri Lanka.
Central Islands Provincial Premier Stanley Manetiva has expressed disappointment in the investors of the Geothermal Power Project at Savo, saying they have left out the Provincial Government as a stakeholder.
The four core tribes of Tina Hydro Project have signed a Process Agreement with the Government. A statement from the Tina Hydro Project office said the tribes have given consent for the next project phase – which is for the acquisition process to proceed through as provided under the Lands and…
NCRA has achieved most of what it wanted to this year, says the Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo. Prime Minister Lilo made the statement today, during thirty-sixth Independence Celebrations at the Lawson Tama grounds in Honiara.
A chief from Central Guadalcanal, Joe Vari claims that certain individuals are rubbishing the recently signed Tina River Hydro Project to gain support for their own political interests. Chief Vari is from the Pochebolo tribe, one of the core tribes who signed the agreement.
Solomon Islands is on its path to replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. A government statement today reports Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo as saying this at the 21 Oceania Leaders Summit in New Caledonia.
An Australian company is hopeful to use thermal power from the Savo volcano to provide electricity to the country’s capital, Honiara. Today PACNEWS reports the Brisbane based Geodynamics Limited and its joint venture partner Kentor Energy Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Kentor Gold told the Australian…
Provincial Assembly Member for Malango Ward, Walton Naezon has accused the Tina Hydro Project Office of not following proper legal processes to identify landowners. Mr Naezon made the comments following a media statement from the Project Office, published in local newspapers today.
The Bahomea community in Central Guadalcanal is claiming that the Government and the Tina River Project office are employing corrupt tactics to compulsory acquire land for the project.
The Asian Development Bank, ADB, this morning signed the Solomon Islands grant and loan agreements to assist the Government boost energy access and renewable energy.
The Solomon Islands Electricity Authority, SIEA, has put in place a new traffic arrangement at their Ranadi office that will allow customers to drive up to the cashier and pay their bills. A statement from the office today says the new traffic arrangement will be in effect Tuesday next week.
The cost of electricity and issues of electricity pricing remains the largest single overhead cost of private businesses in Honiara. The Chairman of the 2014 Trade Expo Committee, Redley Raramo said businesses say doing business in Honiara is troublesome because of the costs and unreliability of…
A team is currently in Malaita conducting solar inspections in the North Malaita region. The inspections are part of a two year guarantee period of a solar project the Japanese International Cooperation Agency funded in the region.
Pressure group, the Malaita Ma’asina Forum, MMF, has called on the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority, SIEA, to review its tariff, claiming that Solomon Islands is the highest in electricity tariffs in the world.
Solomon Islands currently has one of the lowest rates of electricity access in the world. It is also among the highest electricity prices in the world with over 80- US cents per Kilowatt hour, kWh.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors have approved US13 million in additional financing to Solomon Islands for the Sustainable Energy Project, S-I-S-E-P.
