The need for reliable clean electrical energy in PNG is most evident. The public electricity grid is over-aged and troubled with frequent blackouts which can last over extended periods such as several weeks in a row. This is caused by poor maintenance of the power transmission lines, interruption by natural disasters or simply the lack …
Public infrastructure in PNG is still much in a development stage. Let’s take a brief look at Transport, Electricity and Communication sectors: Transport: Road transport in PNG is cumbersome and slow. There are only three inter-city highways, partially in bad conditions. One highway stretches out from the capital Port Moresby along the Southern coastline, the …
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has proclaimed 17 Goals for sustainable development, to which 191 of 208 countries in the world have subscribed.
The traditional society in PNG has no notion of metal. Up to the mid-20th century metal was largely unknown. Tools were made of wood and stone, materials for joining building structures were made of bamboo or plant fibres. The technology of melting metals is unknown, the traditional profession of a smith does not exist. Fire is …
The traditional society of PNG has developed without the concept of a wheel. The bible already mentions war chariots in the story of Moses and the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Vehicles with wheels, however, have been introduced to PNG only with World War II in the 1940s, when the US Army simply left …
I have spent my childhood years in Papua New Guinea (PNG). More than 50 years later I have now returned to lead a project on behalf of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG) for the supply of solar energy to church institutions in rural areas. PNG is a country of breath-taking beauty …