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Fuel prices have been lowered, effective since Sunday February 16.

Tonga’s third solar farm is being constructed at Vaini on Tongatapu, at a cost of $14 million (USD) under Japanese aid funding. The project will introduce a special micro-grid system to coordinate electricity generated from a variety of renewable sources in the future.

Increases in the wholesale and retail prices for Petrol, Kerosene and Diesel in Tonga take effect tomorrow, January 16.

A slight rise in fuel retail prices for mid-December 2013 to mid-January 2014, takes effect from today, the Ministry of Commerce, Tourism & Labour has announced.

Tonga Power Ltd. has announced cheaper tariff rates for the month of December. The new tariff rate for December is 92.82 seniti per kWh, down from 94.45 seniti per kWh (1.63 seniti decrease).

The government has announced significant reductions in fuel prices to be effective from November 16 to mid-December.

Ten line staff from the Tonga Power Ltd have won employment contracts with New Zealand’s Northpower Ltd. after completing a two-weeks recruitment boot camp. The group, including one woman, who are expected to migrate with their families in November this year have been called “professionals” and “great ambassadors for Tonga”.

Ten Tonga Power Ltd. lines staff left for New Zealand today to undergo a two-weeks evaluation boot camp in East Tamaki with a view to winning employment contracts with Northpower Ltd.

The Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour has approved new petroleum prices for the next month from mid-August to mid-September. Retail prices for petroleum were significantly higher when compared to petroleum prices approved for mid-July to mid-August.