Masdar says work starts on Pacific island solar projects

UAE-based clean energy firm Masdar has announced that construction has started on four new solar power projects in the Pacific island countries of Kiribati, Fiji, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

Financed under the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development’s $50 million UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund, the solar projects will collectively deliver 1.8 megawatts of clean energy and contribute to fuel savings worth $2 million per year.

Completion of the projects is expected by the second half of 2015, Masdar said in a statement.

The Abu Dhabi renewable energy company has already delivered the La’a Lahi ‘Big Sun’ solar plant in Tonga, commissioned in November 2013, and Samoa’s first wind farm, commissioned in August 2014. Both of these projects were also financed through the UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund.

Original article by Andy Sambidge

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