Project

Accelerating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Applications in Niue (AREAN)

Lead country

Niue

Participating countries

Niue

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From August 29, 2019 to August 29, 2023

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  2. 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
  3. 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement

Project ID: 6037

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy efficiency

Sub-area(s)

  • Type: On-grid, utility-scale
  • Resource: Solar
  • Appliances
  • Buildings

Landscape(s)

N/A

Transformed sector(s)

  • Energy

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Law regulation
  • Finance economy
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Institutional framework
  • Energy finance
  • Impact assessment
  • Awareness raising
  • Institutional capacity building
  • Technical capacity building

Social inclusion

  • Private sector
  • Local community/CSOs

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation

SDG target(s)

  • 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  • 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
  • 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement

Conventions and protocols

  • National Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Private sector(s)

  • Capital providers
  • Individuals/Entrepreneurs

Hot topic

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration

Project description

Project Objective: Enabling the achievement of the energy access, sustainable energy, and green growth targets of Niue

USD $3,471,563

Grant amount

USD $17,706,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,471,563)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Department of Utilities, Ministry of Infrastructure (DoU-MoI)

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