News Updates.
26 March 2013
Mike speaks at the Pacific Energy Summit
At the Pacific Energy Summit held this week in Auckland PowerSmart Managing Director Mike Bassett-Smith was invited by the New Zealand Ministry of...
18 February 2013
NZ Aid Programme - interview with Dean Parchomchuk
In 2012 PowerSmart's Dean Parchomchuk spent around six months working on the three remote atolls that comprise Tokelau, helping to bring...
29 October 2012
PowerSmart finishes Tokelau Renewable Energy Project
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
PowerSmart finishes world first project to make Tokelau 100% Solar Powered
Today PowerSmart completed their award...
26 October 2012
Pacific Island Sets Renewable Energy Record
BRISBANE, Oct 26 2012 (IPS) - Tokelau, a small Polynesian territory in the central Pacific, has surpassed the rest of the world in replacing...
17 October 2012
PowerSmart's Tokelau solar project nears completion, wins award
Gavin Evans Wed, 17 Oct 2012
PowerSmart will shortly commission the third and final unit in its three-atoll solar generation project in the...
18 September 2012
Week 14 progress update - Nukunonu Atoll (Tokelau)
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By Dean Parchomchuk
7 September 2012
Week 13 progress update - Nukunonu Atoll (Tokelau)
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By Shane Robinson
19 August 2012
Week 10 progress update- Nukunonu Atoll (Tokelau)
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By De
9 August 2012
Powersmart switches on the first solar power system in Tokelau
Image: The installation team on Fakaofo atoll
Powersmart has flicked the switch and turned on the first of three solar power systems that will...
9 August 2012
Week 9 progress update - Fakaofo Atoll (Tokelau)
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By Dean Parchomchuk
3 August 2012
Article on stuff.co.nz - Tokelau to shed diesel dependence
Image: Powersmart Solar director Mike Bassett-Smith
By JESS LEE
Diesel-dependent Tokelau is still on track to become the first entirely...
27 July 2012
NZ Herald Article - NZ company helps Tokelau switch to solar
Image: Powersmart Solar has worked with locals in Tokelau to help the Pacific Nation switch to 100 per cent solar powered energy.
A New...
27 July 2012
Huffington Post: One Nations Electricity Going 100% Solar
By A. Siegel.
Writ large, around the world, liquid fuel (generally diesel) has a relatively small role in providing electricity and thus...
25 July 2012
Tokelau to become world's first solar-powered country
Image: Bringing in the solar panels has risks
By Jenny Suo, 3 News
Watch the news clip...
22 July 2012
Week 6 progress update - Fakaofo Atoll (Tokelau)
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By Dean Parchomchuk
14 July 2012
Week 5 progress update - Fakaofo Atoll (Tokelau)
Image: Solar array construction in progress
When we first arrived on Fakaofo Atoll, the heat and humidity were almost unbearable coming from...
12 July 2012
NZ Trade & Enterprise article on Powersmart Solar in Export News
Image: Powersmart Solar Director Mike Bassett-Smith
Tokelau, world's first solar power nation
By Keri Welham
A Mount Maunganui...
3 July 2012
Week 3 - Array construction underway!
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By Dean Parchomchuk
28 June 2012
Week 2 progress update - Fakaofo Atoll (Tokelau)
Image: View down the inverter room.
It has been just over two weeks since the Powersmart team arrived on Fakaofo and we have seen great...
28 June 2012
Mount solar star powering Pacific
Image: Solar panels and equipment arrive on Tokelau.
Posted at 7:02am Wednesday 27th Jun, 2012 | By Hamish Carter...
24 June 2012
Tokelau to be entirely solar-powered (Source: One News)
Image: Noel and the Governor General - Fakaofo Atoll
Noel Ackerman from Powersmart Solar was one One News last night talking about our project...
17 June 2012
Solar System on Fakaofo Atoll (Tokelau) Construction Underway
This week marked the first week in the construction of Fakaofo Atoll's solar power system. The Tokelau Renewable Energy Project (TREP)...
7 May 2012
Tokelau aims for 100% renewable energy in 2012
A RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT IN TOKELAU CONVERTS SOLAR-GENERATED POWER TO ELECTRICITY. (PHOTO: UN/ARIANE RUMMERY)
Pacific Island Countries are...
1 November 2011
Tokelau - 100% Solar Powered
The South Pacific islands of Tokelau will soon become the first in the world to have all their electricity needs met by solar power. Tokelau is...
