Results for Tonga Power Ltd

King Tupou VI launched the installation of Tonga's first Wind Power Generation System, with a ground breaking ceremony on 14 September at Niutoua, on the east coast of Tongatapu. The $40 million project is funded by Japan.

Setitaia Pasivaka Chen has been appointed as the Acting Chief Executive Officer for Tonga Power Ltd, starting on August 1.

Six electrical Line Mechanics from Tongatapu and the outer islands will go to New Zealand for skills development, under an arrangement between Tonga Power Ltd. and Northpower Ltd. Since 2003, Northpower have recruited 34 line mechanics from Tonga.

Queen Nanasipau'u officiated at the ground-breaking ceremony today for the construction of a new 2 MW solar farm at Matatoa, Tofoa – the largest to be built in Tonga. The privately-funded $10 million pa'anga development by Zhuhai Singyes Green Building Technology Ltd. from Guangdong, China, is expected to be completed by June 2017. The company's investment in Tonga solar power generation is based on a long-term agreement to sell all the power they generate to Tonga Power Ltd.

The 25th Annual Pacific Power Association (PPA) Conference and Trade Exhibition attended by more than 200 representatives from electricity utilities, organisations and individuals from the region was opened for the first time in Nuku'alofa by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala on Tuesday, 2 August.

A multi-million dollar project to restore Ha’apai’s electricity network, after it was wrecked by Tropical Cyclone Ian in early 2014, was completed recently. Tonga Power Ltd reported that Cyclone Ian left 971 customers without electricity, and damaged 90% of the network lines, 65% of transformers, and a generator. The rebuilding project provided equal opportunity for women and men in the workforce.

Solar power is the most efficient renewable energy method in Tonga, students from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand found after investigating various renewable energy projects during a one-week trip.

The Supreme Court has made a garnishee order that all debts due or to be gained by Siosaia Moehau from Tonga Power Ltd up to a sum of $860,077.59 plus interest should be paid directly to Westpac Bank of Tonga for his debts.

The ownership of the La’a Lahi Solar Farm in Neiafu was today transferred from the Government of Tonga to Tonga Power Ltd., a public enterprise in Nuku’alofa.