Work on a K4 million solar project to cover all wards in the Duke of York Islands local level government (LLG), Kokopo, East New Britain (ENB), is set to start in June. This was announced by Francis Uratun, director of PNG Power Ltd (PPL), who recently travelled to the Duke of York Islands to finalize project documents for submission to AusAid. AusA...

To address the problems of electric supply in the region, PNG Power Limited has focused its efforts on addressing key issues in the country. According to Managing Director Flaggon Bekker, the organisation was split into two - corporate and execution - to see how to solve these problems. “With the split in the organisation, there are no-cost implicat...

The government and Shenzhen Energy of China recently signed the K3.3 billion Ramu 2 hydropower project. According to State Enterprise Minister William Duma, although the conditional power purchase agreement with PNG Power had been signed, there were other financing arrangements that the project consortium needed to work on with their own parties before...

If low-cost power can be produced, then the investment into the Ramu Two power project may proceed, said Prime Minister James Marape, who was responding to a report that a Chinese investor in the Ramu project had said that the government had nothing to do with this. Marape added that the investment was part of the public-private partnership, where the ...

If properly developed, the energy sector of Papua New Guinea is worth around US$1.2 billion (K4.2bil). According to the outgoing Energy Minister William Onglo, some countries are dependent on wind for power generation while others for thermal and some, for water. “I’ve seen that its potential is too huge and this industry can be a US$1.2 billion ind...

In a meeting with the Lae chamber of commerce and industry, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil expressed that coal should be included in the energy mix of the country, adding gas, diesel, hydro, and other energy forms should also be part of this. He said that among the challenges of investments coming to the country were the high costs of living. He said ...

Dirio Gas & Power project, the newest private power plant in Central province, was recently launched, providing the City of Port Moresby its much-needed electricity. The power plant generates 45 megawatts (MW) of power supplied to the city’s power grid at a rate of 37 toea per kilowatt, distributed by PNG Power Ltd as per the Power Purchase Agreeme...

To fund electrification in PNG, the United States government through the USA Agency for International Development is set to invest US$57million. According to United States Ambassador to PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Erin McKee, electricity brings up the living standards of towns, cities, and remote villages. This also lets hospitals and schools brin...

Renewable sources such as wind, biomass and solar are still included in the future plans for power supply for PNG Power. According to Managing Director Flagon Bekker, renewable energy is the answer to the power struggles of PNG. “You’ve got me very excited because PNG clearly is very well endowed with huge renewable resources so we wouldn’t be very goo...

To bring electricity supply to Enga province and provide millions of kina in revenue, the Enga Hydro Power LTD and Power China (PNG) inked an agreement to provide the area with the K200 million Pilikambi hydropower project MOA. Under the agreement, the provincial government has 40 per cent share while China has 60 per cent, the latter to source technical ...

During the handover ceremony of Petroleum Minster Kerenga Kua to Energy Minister William Onglo, the former chided the latter that at this point in time, there should be a department created for the energy sector. “For Papua New Guinea’s quest for development, (we should start) by making energy a standalone department, with its own dedicated minister, w...