This report was prepared by David Wright. The purpose of this report is to assist Samoa and its development partners to make sound decisions on the substantial capital investment and ongoing operating costs involved in renewable energy; ensuring that such investment is both environmentally and economically sound, delivering long term reliable and sustainable energy solutions to the country.

The report assesses the available analytical material on Samoa's renewable options to produce a comparative analysis across such options in order to define the strongest mix of investment, an clear road-map toward its renewable energy goal. Further assist Samoa to test the market for a private sector approach to supply of biofuel ( or other) options and designs a potential programme of support to deliver those options.

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