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Energy in the Cook Islands

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products. Total energy consumption was 1,677,278,000 BTU (1.77 TJ) in 2017, of which 811,000,000 (0.86 TJ) was in the form of oil. In 2012 47% of imported oil was used in the transport sector, 30% in aviation, and 27% for electricity generation. Electricity consumption is 31.6 GWh, from 14 MW of
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and required long sea voyages to get to the northern atolls, resulting in high costs and occasional supply disruptions. The major islands of Rarotonga and
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had 24-hour electricity, but the smaller islands would often turn their power off overnight. Since 2011 the Cook Islands has embarked on a programme of
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development to improve its energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with a goal of reaching 100% renewable electricity by 2020.
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Electricity in the Cook Islands was historically produced by diesel generators on each island. Fuel was imported from
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established an Energy Division within the Ministry of Works, Energy and Physical Planning (now
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85% of the country's fuel and all of its jet fuel is imported by Pacific Energy.
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installed generation capacity, with most load concentrated on the main island of
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Nikolic, Dusan; Tereapii, Tangi; Woo, Yul Lee; Blanksby, Chris (December 2016).
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Index

Cook Islands
petroleum
Rarotonga
Greenhouse gas emissions
Auckland
Manihiki
renewable energy
Infrastructure Cook Islands
Te Aponga Uira
Economy of the Cook Islands
Renewable energy in the Cook Islands
"Cook Islands Energy"
"The Cook Islands: Energy Policies"
"Cook Islands Energy 2020"
"Cook Islands: 100% Renewable Energy in Different Guises"
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"Energy consumption on the Cook Islands"
"The Cook Islands Renewable Electricity Chart"
"Manihiki in Cooks eyes solar power"
"Renewable Energy"
"Cook Islands: 100% Renewable Energy by 2020"
"Public meeting as diesel still leaks"
"Energy Act 1998"
"Environment Act 2003"
"Cook Islands Renewable Energy Charts and Implementation Plans"
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