Human Resource Strategy Working Paper
Outlines the Human Resource Strategies to develop a fully equipped workforce for the RMI to transition to low-carbon electricity systems.
Policy Working Paper
Outlines the key policy issues for the RMI electricity sector, with a focus on enabling rollout of renewable energy and improving energy efficiency.
Technology Pathways Report
Examines renewable energy options to achieve a 50% reduction of electricity GHG from 2010 levels by 2025, 65% by 2030 and 100% by 2050. Includes a description of the transition stages for island systems, and a HOMER analysis of the technical options to achieve these targets. The conclusions present pathways with high-level cost estimates.
TN01 — Wind energy in RMI
Outlines considerations for wind in the RMI, and details the methodology used to estimate the windspeed time series used for the HOMER analysis.
TN02 — GHG for waste to energy
Calculates the GHG emissions impact of a waste to energy plant. The conclusion is that there is potential to significantly reduce waste GHG emissions, but that this depends on the composition of the waste stream combusted. Impacts on electricity emissions are marginal, again depending on waste stream composition combusted.
TN03 — Inputs and assumptions
Details the assumptions used as inputs to the HOMER model in the Techno-economic analysis.
TN04 — GHG inventory and targets
Presents a comprehensive recalculation of economy-wide GHG emissions and establishes targets for GHG reduction in the electricity sector. The result significantly updates the GHG inventory calculated as part of the RMI’s Second National Communication.
TN05 — Service levels
Proposes target service levels for each of the three island system types: Majuro and Ebeye, mini-grids and off-grid systems. This informs the requirements of each system for reliability and stability support.
TN07 — Technology review
Reviews the suitability of different renewable energy generation technologies and enabling technologies for application in the Marshall Islands.
TN08 — Energy efficiency and energy conservation
Estimates overall electrical energy use in Majuro and Ebeye—the vast majority of electricity consumed by RMI. Highlights end uses of electrical energy across sectors and by application, and then estimates potential for reductions in customer electricity demand.
TN09 — Electrification of transport
Outlines high-level assumptions about the impact of electrification of transport on electricity load. Does not address specific strategies or targets for transport.
TN10 — Integration and control systems for the RMI
Describes the approach to integration and control for high-renewables systems on Majuro and Ebeye.
TN-11 — Pathway to 100% by 2020
Presents a techno-economic analysis of a hypothetical, very rapid pathway to 100% by 2020 or 2025, for illustration purposes. Clearly shows the minimum cost for energy around 50-60% renewables, and the dramatically increasing cost of electricity at high levels of renewables.
TN12 — Solar home systems and standalone systems
Estimate the cost to build, operate and maintain electricity supplies to the outer atolls and islands of RMI that do not have reticulated electricity.