Technical Publications

This report was prepared by Ma. Luisa A. Zuniga- Carmine a consultancy for the ADB. The purpose of the regional technical assistance (TA) is to promote investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas abatement (REGA) technologies that will increase access to energy by the poor, realize other strategic development objectives, and help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is a follow-up TA to a desk study conducted in 2004 that included Samoa.

PREA 1991 report funded by the World Bank. 

This report was prepared by the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) for the Asian Development Bank. Final Report March 2014. 

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;

This report was prepared by the International Institute for Energy Conservation for SOPAC (SPC Geoscience Division).

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. 

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. 

This is a  hydropower project feasibility report prepared byTonkin and Taylor International, submitted to the ADB and Samoa Electric Power Corporation (EPC). 

keywords: Samoa, hydro, renewable energy

This report was prepared by the Foundation for the Development Cooperation for the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. Scientifically, energy is defined as the ability for something to “work” now or in the future. This abstract definition has little meaning for non‐scientists, so for simplicity it is more common to think of energy in terms of the services it provides.

This record captures a series of monthly price review documents for 2016. These price reviews are prepared by SPC Petroleum Advisory Service. Reviews are based on analysis of daily Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS) and also includes benchmark Saudi Aramco LPG prices (sourced from Gas Energy Australia).

Keywords: petroleum, fuel price, review, Platts, Singapore