Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2013
Effective End Year: 
2023
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Transport, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Bioenergy, Hydropower, Solar, Wave and Tidal, Wind, Other
Issued by: 
His Majesty's Government of the Kingdom of Tonga
Overall Summary: 
This National Infrastructure Investment Plan (NIIP) outlines the Government of Tonga’s priorities and plans for major initiatives in economic infrastructure (energy, telecommunications, water, solid waste management, and transport) over five to ten years-time period. The aim of the NIIP is to identify and prioritise the package of infrastructure investments which best meets Tonga's needs in coming years, and to plan for the funding and implementation of these investments. Energy is the priority Area 3 and it addresses: Energy security; Renewable energy for energy security to enhance our economic growth, social development; and environmental integrity.
Access
Energy access priorities: 
[...] to provide access to reliable and affordable energy, in a way that is sustainable, safe and resilient.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
The Energy sector has been identified as one of the infrastructure sectors at greatest risk from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. In the longer term, consideration will have to be given to initiatives to reduce this vulnerability, for instance by moving bulk fuel storage facilities on Tongatapu to a new location outside of the tsunami and storm surge risk zone, and by relocating power lines to critical infrastructure (such as hospitals) underground to reduce vulnerability to natural disasters.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
The major priorities for additional investment in the Energy sector are:  an additional 1-2MW of solar generation capacity on Tongatapu (E11 - T$24 million); and  solar generation capacity on outer-islands (E16 - T$9 million).---Linked investments are also required to accelerate the process of rehabilitating and improving the electricity distribution network (power lines, power poles, customer connections) to increase efficiency and safety, and reduce maintenance and operating costs. The relatively large number of existing connections and degraded state of the network make Nuku’alofa a priority for grid rehabilitation.--- The Energy sector has been identified as one of the infrastructure sectors at greatest risk from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. In the longer term, consideration will have to be given to initiatives to reduce this vulnerability, for instance by moving bulk fuel storage facilities on Tongatapu to a new location outside of the tsunami and storm surge risk zone, and by relocating power lines to critical infrastructure (such as hospitals) underground to reduce vulnerability to natural disasters.
Investment
Energy sector investment priorities: 
The major priorities for additional investment in the Energy sector are:  an additional 1-2MW of solar generation capacity on Tongatapu (E11 - T$24 million); and  solar generation capacity on outer-islands (E16 - T$9 million). These priority investments continue and will accelerate the program of installing on-grid solar electricity generation and extend renewable energy generation to outer islands. This is supported by complementary measures and linked investments.---Linked investments are also required to accelerate the process of rehabilitating and improving the electricity distribution network (power lines, power poles, customer connections) to increase efficiency and safety, and reduce maintenance and operating costs. The relatively large number of existing connections and degraded state of the network make Nuku’alofa a priority for grid rehabilitation.