Energy sector investment priorities:
Recommendations: [...]
Creation of an effective enabling environment for renewable energy.
Efforts should be focused on creating an enabling environment that would allow the government’s objective of attracting private sector investment to the renewable energy sector to materialise. There are three groups of private sector investors that could play a pivotal role in accelerating renewable energy deployment in Fiji:
• Small-scale investors (private households and businesses), who could invest in distributed generation (solar, wind) at their respective premises;
• Specialised private IPP developers, who could finance a considerable share of Fiji’s new generation requirements; and
• Concession developers, who could provide power supply (generation, distribution, retail) in unserved areas, such as Taveuni. [...] Creation of a Renewable Energy Investors Association.
As suggested by private sector stakeholders and prospective investors, a Renewable Energy Investors Association should be formed, as private sector participation in renewable energy development requires a stronger voice in advocating their cause.