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Samoa (Upolu) Wind Resource Assessment Report

GHD was commissioned by UNDP to undertake a wind resources assessment for Upulo, Samoa. Based on the Afulilo on-site data and the NCAR reference data, the long-term average wind speed (LTAWS) for the 30 m level at the Afulilo site was estimated as 4.01 m/s. 

The Government of Samoa, the power utility Electric Power Corporation (EPC), the Secretariat of thePacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) and the United Nations DevelopmentProgram (UNDP) are undertaking a wind resource assessment project for Upolu Island, Samoa. The project has installed, and operated two wind monitoring stations on Upolu: one in Aleipata on thesoutheast coast and one on higher ground at the Afulilo dam.

  1. Afulilo site: 17 November 2006 to 20 November 2008
  2. Aleipata site: 15 June 2007 to 20 November 2008.

keywords: Samoa, wind resource monitoring, Upolu, renewable energy

Authors: 
GHD
Publication Category: 
Technical Publications [1]
Publication Thematic Areas: 
Renewables [2]
Number of Pages: 
62
Year Published: 
2009
Countries covered: 
Samoa [3]
Attachments: 
https://prdrse4all.spc.int/system/files/upolu_wind_resource_assessment_report.pdf [4]
Original Link: 
https://prdrse4all.spc.int/node/4/content/samoa-upolu-wind-resource-assessment-report [5]

Source URL: https://www.pcreee.org/publication/samoa-upolu-wind-resource-assessment-report

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[1] https://www.pcreee.org/publication-categories-prdr/technical-publications
[2] https://www.pcreee.org/publication-thematic-areas-prdr/renewables
[3] https://www.pcreee.org/countries-prdr/samoa
[4] https://prdrse4all.spc.int/system/files/upolu_wind_resource_assessment_report.pdf
[5] https://prdrse4all.spc.int/node/4/content/samoa-upolu-wind-resource-assessment-report