Vanuatu's climate change minister says the country is working towards having 100 percent of its electricity generated from renewable energy sources by 2030.
And the prime minister also announced a number of new renewable energy projects that were in the pipeline for the country.
Radio Vanuatu reported that at the commissioning of a new solar farm funded by the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand, Charlot Salwai spoke of another 1.5 kilowatt solar farm at Devil's Point.
He also said a 48 kilowatt biofuel system at Sola, funded by the European Union, would supply electricity to the Torba provincial headquarters area and a 144 kilowatt system would supply 200 households at East Ambae.
Mr Salwai said a 75 kilowatt hyrdro system on the Talise River on Maewo, funded by Italy, would supply some 260 households, and there were other projects in the works for Brenwei and Sarakata.
Vanuatu's prime minister, Charlot Salwai, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Photo: Supplied / Hilaire Bule
