Year: 1990
Type: report
Abstract: 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.
DOI: 10.2172/6186435
Authors: J.W. Shupe, J.W. Stevens
Institutions: University of Hawaii System, Sandia National Laboratories
Language: English
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W31228440