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REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS COUNTRY REPORT
Presented by Mr. Jovilisi Tabuyaqona
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +679 9022566
Ministry of Agriculture Animal Health & Production Division
CONTENTS
1. Background on Fiji
2. Available sources of Energy
1.FIJI
1.1 National Flag
Blue Background represents the pacific ocean
Union Jack, Lion and Cross of St George is a Tribute to own
British Colonisers
Sugarcane, Cocoa, Banana and Coconut are Fiji’s main
agricultural product at the time.
The dove represents peace.
1.2 COAT OF ARMS
Moto: Rerevaka na kalou, ka doka na tui (Fear God,
Respect the King)
1.3 FIJI IN THE WORLD MAP
Located at 18° 8' S, 178° 26' E
1.4 FIJI IN THE PACIFIC
Tonga is Fiji’s closet neighbour to the east, Vanuatu to the west, Samoa and Wallis & Futuna to the Northeast , New Caledonia to the south west and Tuvalu to the north.
1.5 THE FIJI ISLANDS
Fiji has over 300 islands of which 110 are inhabited and over 500 islets amounting to a total land area of 18300 square kilometers
SUVA CITY
1.6 PEOPLE
Referred to as “Fijians”
Different ethnic groups make up Fijians
Total population of 837,000 which consists of
“itaukei” (54.3 %), “indians” (38.1%), “rotumans”
(1.2%) and chinese, europeans and other pacific
islanders make up the remaining 6.4% of the total
population
M
ain Religions are Christianity, Hinduism, Islam.
L
anguage: English, itaukei, Hindustani
L
ife expectancy is 72 years
8
5% literacy rate.
1.7 CLIMATE
1.8 HISTORY
Sailors avoided Fiji in the past and gave it the name
“Cannibal Islands”
Booming sandalwood trade brought the first Europeans
over as well as whaling and beach-der-mer.
After brief time as a kingdom, Fiji was ceded to Britain on
the 10/10/1874
After 96 years of british rule, fiji became independent on
the 10/10/1970
1.9 POLITICS
F
iji has a democratic government since November
2014
H
ad a military regime since December 2006
H
as had 4 coup-de-tats since 1987
1.10 ECONOMY
F
iji is one of the more advanced of the South Pacific Island economies,
it is still a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture
sector.
A
griculture and the textile industry used to be fiji’s major contributor
to the economy but in recent years it has being taken over by the
tourism industry
F
iji is also rich in mahogany timber reserves as well as fish, gold and
mineral water.
1.11 SPORTS
N
ational Sport is Rugby Sevens.
W
e are currently 9th in the world for the full code but in the abbreviated code we are
currently no. 1.
F
ootball
R
ugby league
N
etball
A
thletics
1.12 KAVA
O
ur national drink.
F
rom the pulverised root of the plant piper
methysticum
2. ENERGY
Fiji like many countries has felt the pinch in rising
oil prices and the government is promoting the
use of renewable energy as an alternative to fossil
fuels
2.1 RESOURCES
F
iji has investigated certain resources and their potential in energy production
i.H
ydro
ii.B
iomass
iii.S
olar
iv.W
ind
v.G
eothermal
vi.O
cean Energy
2.2 HYDRO POWER
In 1992, 92% of fiji’s electricity came from hydro
power, this figure dropped to 49% in 2006.
Fiji has five hydro dams, the biggest being the
Monasavu Dam (80MW) Nadarivatu (40MW)
Wainikasau (6.5MW) Nagado (3MW)
Wainiqeu(0.8MW) with a sixth, Wailoa (10MW) to
be completed later this year.
CONT.
CONT.
CONT.
2.3 BIOMASS
M
ainly crop and forestry residue.
T
ropic woods LTD uses forestry residue to generate 9.3MW
F
iji Sugar Corperation uses Bagasse as feedstock.
I
PP project in the works is the Vuda Biomass Plant with a capacity of
17MW
2.3.1 BIOGAS
B
iogas were introduced into fiji in the mid eighties by an expatriate , Mr. Herbert
Raedler
I
t was developed mainly as a form of waste management for piggeries and dairy
farms.
T
he use of methane gas for cooking and digestate for fertilizers was seen as
incentives for farmers.
C
onstraints faced by this technology is a lack of knowledge on the part of the users
or recruited builders
FLOATING DRUM
2.4 WIND
B
utoni Wind Farm (10MW)
W
ind monitoring currently ongoing at various sites
2.5 SOLAR
T
he Fiji Meteorological has 10 pyronometers all over fiji and is recording
data on a daily basis.
S
olar energy is mostly employed in the rural electrification scheme where
power is not available.
I
n rural areas, solar radiation is utilised by way of solar photovaltic. For light
and charging of batteries.
I
n urban areas, solar is best used in the form of water heaters.
2.6 GEOTHERMAL
14 feasible sites have been identified
Power volume from these sites to be 38MW (15
MW Viti Levu, 23 MW Vanua Levu)
2.7 OCEAN THERMAL
S
till in the process of data gathering
CONCLUSION
W
ith the increase in price of fossil fuels, the fiji government is
slowly but steadily shifting its priorities towards renewable
energy. This is evident in the commissioning of new hydro
dams in the last decade.
H
opefully we reach our target of 90% power generation from
renewable energy by 2020.
……..VINAKA……..…….XIE XIE……
THANK YOU
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