(Suva, Fiji. Nov 11, 2013): Urban centres in the Republic of the Marshall Islands will soon be lit through solar powered street lighting systems.
The project funded through the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) Fund will see 78 solar powered Light Emitting Diode (LED) street lights installed in the urban areas of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
“I
wish to congratulate the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on
the commencement of this important PEC Fund project,” says Tuiloma Neroni
Slade, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
“The
solar LED streetlights will allow the Government of the Republic of the
Marshall Islands to expand its street lighting to areas that do not have
streetlights at present.
Most
importantly, the project will reduce reliance on the use of environmentally
damaging fossil fuels, displacing the equivalent of 17,000 litres of diesel per
year, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by approximately three tonnes per year.”
The
Financing Agreement which provides the terms and conditions for the use of the
PEC Funds has been signed by the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
Secretariat and by the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
through the Minister and Secretary of the Ministry of Resources and Development
on November 8, 2013.
On
signing of the agreement, the first milestone payment is released by the
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and project implementation will commence.
The
support provided by the PEC Fund is for approximately $800,000USD. This is
RMI’s second project with RMI now utilising its USD4million allocation. RMI is
currently implementing a salt water desalination project with the remainder of
the PEC Funding.
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