Poverty-stricken and energy-poor, the remote South Pacific island nation of Kiribati is embracing solar energy. Is its experience a model or a cautionary tale? BUARIKI, KIRIBATI — As late as 1990, nightfall in Kiribati (pronounced “Kiribass”), a patchwork of tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, was accompanied by a peculiar odor.
Kiribati’s energy story highlights both the successes and pitfalls of off-grid solar projects in the South Pacific, a region that includes some of the world’s poorest countries. On one hand, energy experts say such initiatives have brought power to thousands of remote villages despite enormous geographic and logistical obstacles.
But the 25-year solar rollout in Kiribati hasn’t always gone smoothly, according to officials and energy consultants.
By that measure, Kiribati, with a 63 per cent electrification rate, looked rather modern. Yet even that rate was less than Britain’s (66 per cent) on the eve of the Second World War. WHO’S INSPIRING YOU THROUGH THEIR WORK TO END ENERGY POVERTY?
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