Samoa

Feasibility Study for the Production of Biogas and Organic Fertiliser in the Agriculture & Food Management Sectors in Samoa

This report was prepared by Murray Ward for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. The use of biodigesters in Samoa and other Pacific Islands has so far been limited to just small demonstrations, mostly involving piggeries. However, Samoa has abundant potential feedstock resource for biodigesters, so the possibility to produce nationally significant amounts of bioenergy in distributed systems at farms, villages and in plantation estates.

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National Consultant Report on Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in the Pacific- Report on Samoa

This report was prepared by the South Pacific Geoscience Commission and focused on Samoa. Efficient and effective energy use in the transport sector is a measure of a country’s attainment of sustainable development. Samoa is totally dependent on imported fossil fuels for transport. This reliance on fossil fuels is likely to increase. This country report for Samoa is a ‘snapshot’ of the current situation regarding the transport sector.

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Demand Side Management Project South Pacific Island States

The International Institute Energy Conservation (IIEC) prepared the Demand –Side Management (DSM) Program report for the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC). The Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded a project titled “Support to the Pacific Islands Power Sector” (RAS/92/363) which was implemented through the Energy Division of the South Pacific Forum Secretariat (ForSec) from 1993 to 1996. Building regional capability in all aspects of Demand-side Management (DSM) program design and implementation was one of the key objectives of the project.

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Coconut Oil for Power Generation (CcoGen) Project - Savai'i Rural Survey Results

This report was prepared by Jan Cloin of SPC - GSD (formerly SOPAC) and was funded by United Nations Development Programme and the report was prepared for the Samoan Electric Power Corporation. A survey with a structured questionnaire was undertaken in September 2007 focusing on coconut farming families in Savai’i. A pre-selected sample of 150 households was interviewed but due to quality and selection problems only 69 household interview results were analysed. 

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Apolima Photovoltaic System Design And Specifications for Preparing Requests For Quotation of Major Components

The Government of Samoa through the Electric Power Corporation (EPC) and in cooperation with UNDP Samoa and the Danish NGO will replace the current diesel generator with photovoltaic based power systems on Apolima Island including PB based streetlights. As part of the Access to Sustainable Power Services - Apolima Island project UNDP Samoa has funded this consultancy for system design and preparations for specifications for Requests For Quotations for the supply of major components. 

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