A visionary collaboration unfolds at the heart of Buang LLG, Bulolo District, Morobe Province – the 9MW Bapa Hydropower Project, a partnership between contractors AG Energy Ltd, local landowners, and the district. The impact of this venture reached a crescendo on August 18th, as we celebrated the monumental breakthrough of our Phase One achievement: a str...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape expressed his satisfaction upon receiving the announcement that the monumental K770 million Edevu Hydropower Project, situated along the Brown River in Central, is set to commence operations next month. Having inaugurated the project in April earlier this year, Prime Minister Marape acknowledged the government’s collabo...

Papua New Guinea has one of the lowest electrification rates in the Pacific, with only 13% of the population having access to electricity. In PNG, grid-connected power is still primarily restricted to the main urban areas. One party driving investment in this area is the United States Agency for International Development's Papua New Guinea Electrificat...

The Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry (POMCCI) held its business breakfast meeting with the National Energy Authority and USAID PNG Electrification Partnership (PEP) on 1st of June 2023 at the Lamana Hotel. The topic of discussion was on the "Update of the Energy Industry" with brief presentations given by Chief of Party, USAID-PEP Program ...

Photo: Chairman David Burbidge  According to the Independent Power Producers of Papua New Guinea, the debts of PNG Power Limited (PPL) to independent power producers (IPPs) have exceeded K500 million. IPPs are the primary source of electricity for PPL, and the accumulation of arrears has reached a critical level where it cannot continue without severe ...

Photo credit: AG Energy Limited Project to Provide Resilience to Port Moresby's Energy Grid Power is considered as the major backbone for all nations throughout the world including PNG on the basis of which the development of the country depends. Within this context, Energy has become an essential element in man's efforts to meet basic human needs, ...

Photo credit: Japanese International Cooperation Agency The Ramu System Transmission Reinforcement Project (RSTRP) in Morobe Province, which is being funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, is nearing completion with 85 to 90 per cent of the project already finished. Ramu grid project manager, Hitler Alseth, revealed that this includes...

Photo: A bird’s eye view of the Edevu Hydropower Project - PM’s Office Media Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has thanked Koiari landowners of Central and Chinese investor PNG Hydro Development Ltd for making the massive K770 million Edevu Hydropower Project along the Brown River possible. He also announced that the Government was partnering the pro...

The Autonomous Bougainville Government recently launched the Bougainville Energy Policy. The Policy was developed together with the Bougainville Strategic Energy Plan that will guide the development of the energy sector in Bougainville over the next ten years. Speaking at the launch, ABG Minister for Mineral & Energy Resources, Hon. Robin Wilson...

Photo credit: International Trade and Investment Ministry of Papua New Guinea Facebook page Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (KPHL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently with the Ministry and the Department of International Trade and Investment to establish a long-term collaborative relationship where KPHL will be the energy solution prov...

According to an official, the National Energy Authority is enforcing stricter regulations on the energy and electrical industries in Papua New Guinea, and experts must hold a licence to practise. In Kavieng, New Ireland, recently, acting managing director Ronald Meketa made this statement at the start of the first electrical licensure exam for the New ...

Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change and Lufa Open MP Hon Simo Kilepa is determined to connect the Lufa District in Eastern Highlands Province with reliable electricity supply under the PNG Electrification Partnership (PEP) Activity Program fully funded by the United States of America Aid (US AID). The first term MP plans to connec...

Photo: Chairman of MRA board Mr Benny Kimisive cutting the ribbon to officially commission the solar project. Present is OIC Mr Nathan Mosusu and from PPL Mr Roy Daggy. The Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) will save about 60 percent of its annual energy bills averaging about K650, 000, with the launching of its new Photo-Voltaic (PV) solar power syste...

To promote private investments in Papua New Guinea's energy industry, the US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), published an investor guide for the sector. The handbook was released in Port Moresby by USAID and the Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) in conjunction with the USAID-PNG Electrification Partnership (P...

Photo: Hon. Kerenga Kua, Minister for Petroleum & Energy. Credit: Papua New Guinea Energy Summit & Exhibition Twitter Page The Energy Sector of Papua New Guinea is just awaiting to be tapped into as it has the capacity to generate massive returns in revenue. Gas projects such as The Papua LNG project and P’nyang Gas project are expected to b...

The three-day Papua New Guinea Energy Summit and Exhibition that ended last week focused on strengthening coordination roles among stakeholders and industry players by promoting government and private sector engagement to improve and reaffirm the huge potential of PNG’s Energy Sector. This was the first time the summit was mainly dominated and driven b...