energy consumption by the manufacturing sector is significant only for png fiji and samoa the remaining consumption of energy is likely to be biomass for cooking fuel for cooking lighting and heating water and electricity production through individual diesel power generation transport in the pacific is mainly operated by the private sector and is used for moving people and goods for work education health and trade as well as evacuation and disaster assistance relief the sector is beset by high costs due to a lack of economies of scale and powered mainly by fossil fuels as development of renewable energy alternatives is limited