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The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed AG presses Fiji's case on climate change at key Fiji Government that the board of the UAE­Pacific Partnership Washington meeting Fund has approved a grant funding for a joint renewable energy project in Fiji worth USD5M, for immediate implementation. Palau's drought Issue sparks political The Joint Renewable Energy Project will involve solar powered showdown electrification of the islands of Kadavu, Rotuma and Lakeba. The Grant Project will be implemented by the prestigious UAE Some 150 nations to attend UN climate company known as Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multi­faceted renewable signing energy company. Masdar is part of the all solar­powered Masdar City Project, the world’s first ever city that is sustainable, have zero­carbon and zero­waste ecology. It is also the home of the Some 150 nations to attend UN climate renowned Masdar Institute of Technology. The UAE is aiming to be signing the new center of sustainable technology. Oceania leads the way in climate change talks The UAE Foreign Ministry Statement said,“It is our hope that we can finalize the project scope and bilateral agreement with Fiji Palau's drought Issue sparks political within the next few weeks, to allow the UAE Government’s showdown renewable energy arm, Masdar, to begin tendering by early 2014. We would like to thank the Fiji Government for its continuous support and rapid advancement of this cooperation with the UAE. Helen Clark makes her pitch for job of United We look to this joint project as a meaningful, concrete opportunity Nations Secretary­General to strengthen relations between our countries and open new areas for partnership.” Palau's drought Issue sparks political showdown In warmly receiving the notification of the approval, Fiji’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Inoke Kubuabola said,

“I wish to thank the Government of the UAE for this most generous support for a most valuable project. This is a part of the Fiji Government’s rural electrification program and its endeavor to provide sustainable development through a green economy. It will not only see the 24 hour electrification of all the homes but also provide the source of clean energy needed to develop small industries and micro and small enterprises in these remote islands”.

Foreign Minister Kubuabola further added,“I look forward to welcoming to Fiji the Foreign Minister of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan who will be visiting Fiji in mid­February 2014 and to take that opportunity to thank him personally for the approval of funding this Project by a grant. Also importantly, I wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the work of my Ministry and the Fiji Embassy in Abu Dhabi for working extremely hard over many months to realize the finalization of this most important grant Project.”

As the next step, representatives from Masdar will be consulting the Fijian Ministry of Energy to review the draft bilateral agreement, containing the project scope, to be mutually agreed upon by Fiji Government. The Fiji Minister for Energy, Captain has been invited to a ceremony during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (18­22 January 2014), for a formal signing of the bilateral agreement. The ceremony is proposed for either the 20th or 21st of January 2014. Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week coincides with the General Assembly of the International Renewable Energy (IRENA), hosted in Abu Dhabi on the 18th and 19th and includes the high­level opening of the World Future Energy Summit on the 20th in Abu Dhabi.

SOURCE: FIJI FOREIGN MINISTRY/PACNEWS

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