Potential for electrification from biomass gasification in Vanuatu

Barry Fischer and Attilio Pigneri

Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 3, 1640-1651

Abstract: At least 170,000 rural people in the Pacific-island nation Vanuatu (approximately 70% of the country’s population) live without reliable access to electricity. The few rural households that do consume electricity incur high prices for imported diesel fuel ($2–3/liter). Thus, there is an important role in Vanuatu for expanding cost-competitive, non-diesel alternatives for electricity generation.

Keywords: Vanuatu; Energy development in island nations; Biomass gasification; Short-rotation plantation forestry; Village electrification; Levelized cost of electricity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.066

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