Renewable energy plan of action for American Samoa
- USDOE San Francisco Operations Office, Honolulu, HI (USA). Pacific Site Office
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
American Samoa has no indigenous fossil fuels and is almost totally dependent for energy on seaborne petroleum. However, the seven Pacific Islands located at 14 degrees south latitude that constitute American Samoa have a wide variety of renewable resources with the potential for substituting for imported oil. Included as possible renewable energy conversion technologies are solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, geothermal, ocean thermal, and waste-to-energy recovery. This report evaluates the potential of each of these renewable energy alternatives and establishes recommended priorities for their development in American Samoa. Rough cost estimates are also included. Although renewable energy planning is highly site specific, information in this report should find some general application to other tropical insular areas.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/AD
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6186435
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-90-2804; ON: DE91006359
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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