environmental conditions also regularly impair energy equipment furthermore with limited economic resources kiribati is highly dependent on official development assistance accounts for of gdp with almost total dependence on external funding for energy projects which results in long lead times and adds complexity to implementation moreover there are significant capacity issues in the energy sector lack of awareness regarding renewable energy and energy efficiency and availability of energy data is limited with the assistance of spc and other partners kiribati is in the process of developing a longterm energy sector strategy which will include several renewable energy targets