The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) recently, inaugurated renewable energy facilities in Yap that will strengthen energy reliability and security in the sparsely populated and remote island group of the FSM. FSM President Peter Christian, Yap State Governor Tony Ganngiyan, Deputy Director General of ADB’s Pacific Department James Lynch, and other development partners participated in the ribbon cutting and power commissioning ceremony. President Christian also gave a keynote speech at the event. Yap Renewable Energy Development Project, funded by two ADB loans totalling $9 million, supported the construction of a wind farm capable of withstanding typhoons near Colonia, Yap’s only urban centre.
