Samoa

PES Samoa IT Power Roadmap Towards 100 Per Cent Renewable Energy - A Roadmap for Samoa

This report was prepared by Simon Franklin, Julia McDonald and Oliver Woldring. This report describes a least-cost electricity generation plan for Samoa. It is intended to inform electricity sector planning decisions and describe the path toward achieving 100 per cent reliance on renewable electricity. Report was commissioned by New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of the Pacific Energy Summit. 

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National Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy 2008-2018

This report was prepared by Ministry of Natural Resources & environment. Climate change is an issue of major concern to the future economic, social and environmental wellbeing of all Samoans. Initially adaptation was seen as the main priority of national efforts on climate change leading to the Cabinet approval in 2005 of the National Adaptation Programme of Action and its current implementation. In recent years, however, and in spite of Samoa's contribution to global warming being very small, there is growing agreement that climate change mitigation is everyone's responsibility.

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A Feasibility Study For Biogas in Peri- Urban Area of Vaitele

This report was prepared by Murray Ward and Bill Rucks. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Renewable Energy Division, under the auspices of the Joint Water Sector Steering Committee (JWSSC), conducted this feasibility study on the production of biogas through anaerobic digestion from household sewage and green waste as an alternative method of on-site waste management that will improve sanitation while also providing a useful energy source for domestic household use in the Vaitele peri-urban area.

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Samoa's 400kWp Solar Project

This report was prepared by Julia McDonald, Joe Wookyeung and Phillippe McCracken. In recent years there has been increasingly compelling evidence that anthropogenic climate change not only threatens the biophysical environment but it also increases potential vulnerabilities of the people and the socio-economic structures and activities. Like many pacific island states, Samoa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and as a non-Annex 1 country is taking steps toward implementing the agreed objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Renewable Energy Design Mission

This report was prepared by David Wright. The purpose of this report is to assist Samoa and its development partners to make sound decisions on the substantial capital investment and ongoing operating costs involved in renewable energy; ensuring that such investment is both environmentally and economically sound, delivering long term reliable and sustainable energy solutions to the country.

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Poster - A Trial PV Mini-Grid for Small Islands

This poster was prepared by Herbert Wade, Edward Langham, Thomas Jensen, Bruce Clay and Joseph Walter. Apolima is a small island that is a part of Samoa, an island nation located in the central pacific. With current high fuel prices solar power is an economically reasonable alternative to diesel generation and the Apolima island installation is the first of many PV powered mini grid systems that are planned for the Anglophone Pacific Region.

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Upolu (Samoa) Wind Resource Assessment Report

This report was prepared by the UNDP. GHD was commissioned by UNDP to:

» Undertake data validation;

» Estimate site specific wind resource potential as well as estimate the overall wind resources for Upolu;

» Assess suitable wind turbines for installation in Samoa and determine willingness of turbine manufacturers to participate in a project;

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