It focuses on five pillars: energy security and resilience, access and equity, sustainability, efficiency, and governance. Minister Rayalu said that NEP will support Fiji's broader renewable energy and sustainability initiatives, promoting the growth of renewable energy, alternative fuels, and overall supply and demand-side efficiency.
Why is the National Energy Policy important in Fiji?
Mr Daniel Lund the principal author of the NEP explains the pivotal nature of the NEP as follows: 'The endorsement of Fiji's new National Energy Policy marks a significant policy shift towards a more holistic and balanced approach to the governance, decarbonisation, and resilient development of Fiji's energy sector.
The Fijian Government seeks to ensure Fiji's long-term energy security by increasing the availability of data and information required to support investments designed to increase the reliability and resilience of the national energy infrastructure.
What is Fiji's energy policy?
The Fijian Government is committed to ensuring that all Fijians have access to affordable, reliable, safe, and clean energy and will uphold this objective as a core principle when prioritising the use of resources.
Working in collaboration with the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, efforts will be made to improve the detail and relevance of national energy statistics to help influence and inform prioritisation, decision-making, planning, and resource mobilisation.
The resilient development and diversification of Fiji's energy sector is a long-term priority for the Fijian Government due in part to rising national energy demand, volatile oil prices, ageing energy infrastructure, and the intensifying impacts of climate change and disaster events on Fiji's infrastructure, environment, people, and economy.
Fiji's pursuit of energy sustainability will contribute to improved economic prosperity and will support access to new technologies. This NEP supports both energy sustainability and energy security objectives through a specific focus on demand-side and supply-side energy eficiency improvements.