The Tonga Outer Island Renewable Energy Project (OIREP) will construct Solar Photovoltaic (PV) power plants on 8 outer islands. The “on-grid” portion will be allocated to Ha’apai and ‘Eua, while the “off-grid” portion will incorporate ‘Uiha, Nomuka, Ha’ano, Ha’afeva, as well as Niuatoputapu and Niuafo’ou. The main objectives of this project are to help reduce the Kingdom’s heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels for power generation while also increasing electricity accessibility for new users. The total installed capacity will be 1.3MWp.

The Ministry of Energy has set a policy and National Energy Plan called the Thailand Integrated Energy Blueprint (TIEB). The TIEB consists of the Power Development Plan; the Energy Conservation Development Plan, the Alternative Energy Development Plan, the Gas Management Plan and finally the Oil Plan. Oil constitutes a big portion of total energy consumption and the fuel demand is constantly increasing. The oil management Plan 2015 -2036 will be a long-term plan to support fuel management in line with the Energy Conservation Plan and the Alternative Energy Development Plan, and will serve as a management framework of the future fuel mix. The plan will focus on the management of fuel in the transportation sector.

The Ministry of Energy has developed the Thailand Integrated Energy Blueprint (TIEB). In the TIEB, Ministry of Energy has reviewed five energy master plans during the year 2015-2036 consistent with the national economic and social development plan. The five master plans are: The Power Development Plan, The Energy Efficiency Development Plan, The Alternative Energy development Plan, The Oil Development Plan and The Gas Development Plan. The Alternative Energy Development Plan-AEDP2015 was developed and focused on promoting energy production within the full potential of domestic renewable energy resources. It aims to develop appropriate renewable energy production to benefit the social and environmental dimensions of the society. The Plan deals with the following aspects: Renewable Energy Development Status; Development of renewable energy targets; Strategies to promote the development of renewable energy; Expected results.

This Plan was drafted under the principle of a "Sufficiency Economy", whose heart is “human development” toward well-being based on sufficiency, moderation, reasonableness, and resilience. These principles are considered crucial factors to achieve sustainable development. Building the Thai society’s resilience regarding important development issues under the Eleventh plan includes the following: 1. Human and social development toward a quality society. 2. Restructuring the economy toward inclusive growth. 3. Management of natural resources and the environment toward sustainability.

This revised climate change policy focus towards building a Resilient Tonga by 2035 to encompass an integrated approach to adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and mitigation. All relevant sector policies and plans, as well as community development plans and island strategic development plans, will be aligned with this policy and the revised Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (JNAP 2). The 2015 INDC is consistent with this policy. The purpose of the Tonga Climate Change Policy is to provide a clear vision, goal, and objectives to direct responses to climate change and disaster risk reduction over the next five years

SDF II has been prepared after wide consultations with communities, the private sector, community social organisations and development partners. It sets out the broad framework for development over the next 10 years. The framework consists of the national impact, 7+1 National Outcomes and twenty-nine Organisational Outcomes that will guide the development of the Kingdom over the period to 2025.

Tonga is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Historically, the focus by government on sustained economic growth has been at the expense of the physical environment and environmental priorities.This policy will be a major step forward in addressing the impacts of climate change, climate variability and sea level rise in the Kingdom.

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.

This Progress Report provides an introduction to the Tonga Energy Road Map (TERM) and a report on its activities and discusses performance outcomes, way forward and lessons learned. Phase 0 activities were intended to be delivered within an 18-month period from the launch of the roadmap (TERM) in June 2010. However, given the complexity and challenges in the operating environment, this has been delayed. Despite this, GoT continued to show political will and significant progress was made with creation of the Department of Energy (DoE) in July 2014 as the institutional structure of TERM. With the support of the World Bank (WB), an Energy Bill is also expected to be completed during 2015. Phase 1 activities are well underway, particularly in commissioning solar photovoltaic (PV) plants while Phase 2 activities hinges on the successful delivery of Phase 0 activities, except for the launch of the Tonga Green Incentive Fund which was dropped in 2012.

This Act deals with the collection of the revenue and management of customs and excise.