Still, East Timor's government has expressed interest in transitioning its energy sector. In 2020, it hired energy consultants to conduct a feasibility study for supplying natural gas to the three power plants. In 2021, it announced tendering for solar parks and a feasibility study for hydropower schemes.
Recovery was slow after East Timor gained formal independence in 2002. By 2015, just 60% of the population had access to electricity, according to the World Bank. Efforts to electrify the country have jumped since then, with 100% of residents having access to electricity since 2021, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Clean water would also reduce East Timor's rate of childhood stunting, which is among the world's highest. “This is a lifesaving project,” said Mariano Carmo, an East Timorese government official who worked on the project until December.
Residents of Dili, East Timor's capital, washing clothes in a dried-up riverbed under a bridge last year. Credit...Ulet Ifansasti for The New York Times Ravaged by a brutal military occupation, East Timor won its independence just over two decades ago. The young nation has built itself into a stable democracy, but poverty remains widespread.
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