5 days ago · The Authority is pleased to present this updated ''Electricity Fact Sheet'' (EFS) providing electricity statistical information/data via charts and graphs in Vanuatu, particularly
Mar 14, 2024 · The Utilities Regulatory Authority (URA) has revised and issued new electricity tariff to the Vanuatu Utilities & Infrastructure Limited (VUI Ltd) to apply in its first billing run
No part may be reproduced by any process except with the express permission of the Utilities Regulatory Authority of Vanuatu. The Utilities Regulatory Authority (the ‘Authority’) was established under the URA Act no. 11 of 2007 (as emended) as the economic and technical regulator for electricity and water services in Vanuatu.
This EFS is an update and replaces the previously issued EFS of October 2019. The Vanuatu Utilities Infrastructure (VUI) signed a Concession Agreement with the Vanuatu Government in June 2019 granting it the exclusive right to operate the Concessions of Luganville and Port Olry as a Concessionaire.
the electricity market in Vanuatu.3 Genera ion installed capacity in Vanuatu.Total installed capacity of the available generation resources in Vanuatu as at end of 2021 stood at 33.26MW compared to 31.95MW at the end of 2016, -as shown in Figure 1 below. Appendix 13.1 provides more details of i
for the period from 2016 to 2021. The Authority provides statistical information/data via charts and graphs for the electricity concession areas of Port Vila where UNELCO1 is the operator, Lakatoro (Malekula) and Tanna (Lenakel) where the Department of Energy2 (DoE) is operating, Ambae, Vanua Lava (Sola & Mosina), Port Olry, Maewo (Talise) and
llowing changes in 2021 from 2020:Available electricity generation sources in Vanuatu are comprised of diesel, copra l, hydro, wind and solar in 2021.Overall generation installed capacity r mained constant from 2020 to 2021. The overall generation capacity in eased from 2019 to 2020 by 2.6 %.Consolidated peak
Overall peak demand in Vanuatu has recorded the highest increase ever in 2018 (15.14 MW) but decreased by 0.4% in 2019 to 15.08 MW. The Luganville concession peak demand continues to grow consistently since 2017, whilst the Port Vila concession peak demand had decreased in 2019 by 1.60%.
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