About SEIAPI
SEIAPI’s Executive Committee members are renewable energy stakeholders from three different countries in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) region, and its members come from many other countries as well. All Pacific electrical utilities are automatic members under an MOU with the Pacific Power Association.
Read Achievements and Objectives – October 2025
What we have achieved
Training centre
In 2022, SEIAPI began discussions with an American philanthropic foundation, resulting in an agreement to build the Pacific Regional Sustainable Energy Training Centre at USP’s Pacific TAFE campus in Suva. The centre will open in 2026.
Guidelines and standards
Under the World Bank-funded SEIDP project (2018–2020), SEIAPI developed 16 renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) technical guidelines and 19 PRQS-accredited unit standards for the Pacific.
Partnerships
Since 2011, SEIAPI has worked with many organisations, including the University of the South Pacific (2011–present), the Pacific Power Association (2014–present) and national training organisations, to provide competent technicians and improve the quality of PICT solar installations.
Solar financing
Through a SEIAPI–MDF collaboration, SEIAPI is helping financial institutions develop minimum requirements for solar financing, which they can use to vet loans, de-risk projects and ensure their sustainability.
PPA MOU
SEIAPI and the Pacific Power Association (PPA) work together on renewable energy issues that benefit members of both associations, including standards, guidelines and certification/accreditation.
Inspection checklists
SEIAPI has developed PV system inspection checklists so electrical inspectors can confirm grid-connected solar systems are installed to the relevant standards. The current 2024 checklist covers Australian and New Zealand Standards.
Utility inspector training
In 2024, SEIAPI began a trial programme training power utility inspectors on the AS/NZ standards, with one-day sessions for engineers and inspectors from the Electric Power Corporation (Samoa), Energy Fiji Limited and the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Tonga accreditation
SEIAPI is working with Tonga National University to have the solar training units accredited through the Tonga National Qualifications and Assessment Board.
Training resources
In 2019, the German aid organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) purchased a licence for GSES resource material for in-person training courses, which will eventually benefit SEIAPI members and the solar industry as a whole.
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