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Rodrigues Island

Current status, energy mix, organizations, suppliers, equipment, controls, reported specifications, and project updates—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations5
System facts18
Sources reviewed15
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

The legacy Rodrigues record refers most directly to CEB's 1.1 MW Grenade Wind Farm—four 275 kW Vergnet turbines commissioned in 2010—but the current island microgrid is much broader. The isolated 22 kV system now combines Grenade and Trèfles wind, utility and distributed solar, a 1.5 MW/1.5 MWh battery at Pointe Monnier, and predominantly fuel-oil generation at Pointe Monnier and Port Mathurin. CEB's latest complete generation table (July 2023-June 2024) shows only 6.88% renewable generation and 93.12% fuel-oil generation, despite the long-operating wind assets.

Research status
Operational isolated island grid. For FY2023/24, CEB reported 50.54 GWh generated, 8.52 MW maximum demand, and 17,014 customers. Grenade produced 1.428 GWh (2.82% of island generation) and Trèfles 0.135 GWh (0.26%). A 1.5 MW/1.5 MWh BESS is already operating at Pointe Monnier for peak shaving and frequency regulation. In August 2025 CEB tendered two additional 1 MW/2 MWh systems (2 MW/4 MWh total) for Rodrigues, with a later public target of end-2026; commissioning was not confirmed by the research date.
Historical classification
Community
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
-19.72454, 63.42722
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Rodrigues Island?

5 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor / PAD & Co.

Turnkey contractors associated with Pointe Monnier's thermal-generation phases; not wind-farm operators. [14]

Organization

Central Electricity Board (CEB)

Government-owned utility, owner/operator of the island grid, wind farms, thermal stations, utility solar facilities and existing battery; procuring additional storage. [2][3][4]

Organization

MAN Energy Solutions / MAN B&W and Wärtsilä

Engine manufacturers for the operating Pointe Monnier fuel-oil station. [3][12]

Organization

Rodrigues Regional Assembly

Island government and landowner/lessor at the Grenade site; policy and community-program partner rather than electric utility operator. [9][8]

Organization

Vergnet

Wind-turbine supplier for the Grenade farm and the earlier Trèfles pilot. [7][11][10]

System evidence

Energy mix, capacity, and specifications

Values can describe different project phases, generation sources, storage systems, or other components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Wind
1100 [1]
Grenade Wind Farm
1.1 MW installed/effective from four 275 kW turbines; 1,427,800 kWh and 2.82% of island generation in FY2023/24. [2][7]
Trèfles Wind Farm
CEB's FY2023/24 table reports 120 kW installed/effective, 135,000 kWh and 0.26% of generation. It began as three 60 kW turbines (180 kW) in December 2003; a 2021 assembly statement reported only one 60 kW unit contributing, so the current 120 kW rating indicates two effective units, not the original full nameplate. [2][7][8]
Solar generation
FY2023/24: Grenade Solar PV 1 MW and 1,029,630 kWh (2.04%); CEB solar at Port Mathurin/Pointe Monnier 85 kW combined and 99,122 kWh (0.20%); medium-scale distributed generation 100 kW and 146,019 kWh (0.29%); small-scale distributed generation 596 kW and 643,395 kWh (1.27%). [2]
Fuel-oil generation
FY2023/24: Port Mathurin 6.0 MW installed/5.1 MW effective and 8,928,602 kWh (17.67%); Pointe Monnier 6.3 MW installed/effective and 38,130,470 kWh (75.45%). Combined fuel-oil share was 93.12%. [2]
Existing battery
1.5 MW/1.5 MWh at Pointe Monnier (one-hour duration), used for peak shaving and frequency regulation. Manufacturer, chemistry and commissioning date were not identified in the reviewed primary source. [6]
Additional battery procurement
Two separate 1 MW/2 MWh systems, 2 MW/4 MWh total. The 2025 invitation was for design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning; procurement is not proof of completed operation. [4][5]
Island scale
50,540,038 kWh generated in FY2023/24; maximum demand 8.52 MW on December 30, 2023; 17,014 customers and 43,701,874 kWh of sales at June 30, 2024. [2]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Grenade wind turbines

Vergnet — GEV MP 275/32

Four 275 kW turbines with approximately 32 m rotor diameter. Public turbine material gives 3.5 m/s cut-in, 12 m/s rated, and 25 m/s cut-out for the model; those are model specifications, not site performance measurements. [10][11]

02

Trèfles wind turbines

Vergnet

Originally three 60 kW turbines. The exact model was not found; current effective capacity is 120 kW. [7][2]

03

Pointe Monnier engines

MAN B&W / Wärtsilä

Two MAN B&W 9L28/32H units at 1.9 MW each (commissioned 2004) and one Wärtsilä W6L32 at 2.5 MW (commissioned 2012), plus a 0.1 MW standby set on CEB's current station page. [3]

04

Wärtsilä turbocharger retrofit

Napier / Wärtsilä — Napier 307L turbocharger on Wärtsilä 6L32

Delivered in 2016 with speed-sensor software upgrade; Wärtsilä reports an 8 g/kWh fuel-oil-consumption reduction for the 2.5 MW baseload set. [12]

05

Battery systems

Model not publicly disclosed

Existing 1.5 MW/1.5 MWh BESS and two tendered 1 MW/2 MWh BESS. Public sources reviewed do not name cell, inverter, EMS or turnkey suppliers. [6][4]

Technical record

Architecture, performance, and project updates

Concise technical facts, milestones, operating results, and later developments. Dated notes distinguish historical design claims from current evidence.

  • Network

    Rodrigues is a non-interconnected 50 Hz island grid. A 2025 tender describes 159 km of 22 kV primary distribution, 362 km of 0.415 kV secondary distribution, and 168 distribution transformers. [6]

  • Frequency control

    Engineering documentation describes diesel governors operating in frequency-control mode with approximately 3.5% droop. The existing BESS supplements that architecture with fast frequency regulation and peak shaving. [13][6]

  • Wind history

    Trèfles was commissioned in December 2003 as a 3 x 60 kW pilot; Grenade followed in 2010 as 4 x 275 kW. A 2015 parliamentary answer reported wind then supplying about 10% of island energy, versus only 3.08% in CEB's FY2023/24 generation table. [7][2]

  • Current performance

    The FY2023/24 renewable total is 3,480,966 kWh, 6.88% of all island generation. Wind provided 3.08%, solar categories 3.80%, and fuel oil 93.12%. These shares are calculated directly from CEB's published category totals. [2]

  • Forward plan

    CEB tendered two additional batteries in 2025 and earmarked up to 2 MW of hybrid agrivoltaics for Rodrigues in its 2026 scheme. Neither is added to installed capacity absent commissioning evidence. [4][15]

Provenance

15 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
    Rodrigues - Facts & Figures, Energy Generated July 2023 to June 2024

    Central Electricity Board Mauritius · Primary source

  3. [3]
    Pointe Monnier Power Station Rodrigues

    Central Electricity Board Mauritius · Primary source

  4. [4]
  5. [5]
    CEB Indicative Procurement Plan FY2025/26

    Central Electricity Board Mauritius · Primary source

  6. [6]
    CEB Telecommunications and Network Tender - Rodrigues Power System Description

    Central Electricity Board Mauritius / Telecommunications Consultants India · Primary source

  7. [7]
    National Assembly Debates No. 24 of 2015 - Rodrigues Wind Farm

    National Assembly of Mauritius · Primary source

  8. [8]
    Rodrigues Regional Assembly Debate No. 12 of 2021

    Rodrigues Regional Assembly · Primary source

  9. [9]
    Environment Impact Assessment - 1 MWac Solar Photovoltaic Farm at Grenade, Rodrigues

    Project environmental filing (mirror via Scribd) · Archived source

  10. [10]
  11. [11]
    Wind Turbines - GEV MP

    Vergnet · Primary source

  12. [12]
  13. [13]
  14. [14]
  15. [15]
    CEB Agrivoltaics II Scheme - Hybrid PV Projects

    Central Electricity Board Mauritius · Primary source

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