National Electric Mobility Policy and Market Readiness Framework for the Solomon Islands

In the Solomon Islands, the pressure on urban transport is evident, mainly due to the rapidly expanding urban areas in the Solomon Islands, that is, in Honiara and other rapidly expanding urban areas. Given the past trends of vehicle growth by 2030 and 2050, the Solomon Islands will have a significantly large number of cars used for personal use and as taxis. There will also be many good vehicles given the need for goods movement. As urban areas expand, the need for public transport will also increase, especially for the larger buses that are practically absent from the current inventory. Small buses will still keep growing and used in the newly expanding urban areas. A large number of these new users are likely to use cars and likewise, the need for freight transport is also likely to increase at a rapid rate in the Islands.

To mitigate GHG emissions the country of the Solomon Island needs to take measures to reduce the environmental impact of transport and thereby improve the quality of life, especially in the cities like Honaira. They seek to improve the efficiency of the transport system as a whole. Through transport-oriented and compact development of cities, reducing the need for motorized travel transport demand. Given the intentions to on improving energy sources the focus in the transport sector will aso shift towards vehicles and fuel efficiency as well as on the optimization of the operational efficiency of public transport. The improvement of the energy sources will also need to spiral into use of renewable energy in the motorized transport in th form or electric mobility.

This report therefore focuses on the prioritisation of e-mobility in the Solomon Islands and analysis of barriers for implementing e-mobility options in the Solomon Isiands. Specifically, it seeks to prioritise the vehicle categories or transport modes for both public and private urban transport and through stakeholder consultation identified the possible barrier e-mobility option will face in the Solomon Islands.

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