Pacific island work runs on a different pattern. The project library leads and the national waterfall is secondary — but the engine still runs the full span, from physics through finance to instrument. Oversizing the renewable system above contracted load engineers the surplus that funds water, ice, cold-chain food export, and resilience capacity. Niue is the proven, end-to-end worked case — and it templates outward to roughly twenty island states.
Diesel displacement creates the anchor case — the screening economics are strongest against current fuel cost and volatility. Oversizing the renewable system above contracted load engineers a surplus envelope. The framework then ranks productive uses against that envelope: desalination, ice, cold-chain food export, water, and resilience capacity each carry distinct value-per-kWh.
For Niue the anchor is screening-to-feasibility grade: diesel displacement at roughly ~0.8–1.0 MW contracted load, against a renewable build already running well above midday demand. The integrated chain is worth more than the sum of its parts — the framework captures that integration premium explicitly. The lead here is sovereignty and resilience, not a quoted return; a bankable case is built only under engagement.
Niue is the proven first-instance Pacific calibration — run end-to-end on real numbers, with a full provenance trail. The wider island cohort is next. Once the Niue template is in hand, it applies to roughly twenty island states with equivalent grid profiles through parameter swaps, and the marginal cost per additional jurisdiction drops by an order of magnitude.
Pacific work typically begins with a single-country pilot funded by DFI or government grant. The framework templates outward once the first calibration is validated. Multi-country programmes follow after the template is proven.
Each jurisdiction is scoped on its own terms; a scoping conversation is the first step.