South Tarawa Energy Storage Container Project

Why is South Tarawa project important?

This is a critical natural asset for South Tarawa and the project will help to reduce the decline in water availability and water quality as well as avoid the risk of further encroachment of incompatible land uses and contamination.

What is the current electricity demand in South Tarawa?

Source: ADB. III. 22. The present yearly electricity demand in South Tarawa is around 29 GWh and is expected to grow by 2% annually. The total power rating available to PUB is around 5MW, sufficient to meet the above yearly demand when all diesel generation sets are operational.

How much does a kilowatt-hour supply cost in Pacific?

“Utilities Benchmarking Report, 2017 Fiscal Year”, indicates the average supply costs across Pacific utilities is $0.32 per kilowatt-hour compared to 0.395 per kilowatt-hour for South Tarawa. only around 9% of demand on South Tarawa. Diesel generation supply the remaining 91%.

How will the Kier project contribute to delivering government targets?

The project will contribute to delivering government targets under KIER (footnote 8), their Climate Change Policy (2019),15 and their Nationally Determined Contributions to reduce GHG emissions by 48.8 per cent, and fossil fuel consumption by 45 per cent in South Tarawa by 2025 through increasing renewable energy deployment. 16 11.

What is the poverty rate in South Tarawa?

South Tarawa has the highest number of poor people with a poverty rate of 24%.6 Around 20-25% of households are headed by women. Overcrowding is stressing the natural environment, housing, land management, sanitation services and underground water reserves.