PACIFIC 
                  Project Brief                                                                                Energy
         SAMOA 
         Fiaga Diesel Power Plant 
         The project constructed a 23-megawatt        diesel power plant, access roads, fuel 
         diesel power plant for the main Upolu        tanks, and transformers. 
         grid. The powerplant was commissioned 
         in 2013 by the Samoa Electric Power          The project was supported through 
         Corporation (EPC). The Fiaga                 the Power Sector Expansion Project 
         powerplant currently generates               (PSEP), which is a $100 million project 
         85 million kilowatts per hour annually,      to support rehabilitation and expansion 
         which is 65% of the national power           of the Samoa power sector by the 
         generation for Samoa. The powerplant         Samoa EPC. The PSEP has about 
         currently provides baseload power            2 subprojects including the upgrade 
         generation and has signifi cantly             of transmission and distribution lines, 
         improved reliability of power generation     construction and rehabilitation of diesel 
         for EPCs 35,000 residential,                generation, development of renewable 
         commercial, and government customers.        energy resources, and installation of 
                                                      prepayment meters. The project is 
         The Fiaga power plant is located away        funded by the Asian Development 
         from residential centers to minimize         Bank and cofi nanced by the Japan 
         noise disturbance on urban populations.      International Cooperation Agency and 
         The project included construction of a       the Government of Australia.
                                                                                                     The power plant has 
                                                                                                     enabled EPC to meet 
                                                                                                     the growing demand 
                                                                                                     for power, as well as 
                                                                                                     manage the increased 
                                                                                                     intermittent renewable 
                                                                                                     energy being absorbed 
                                                                                                     onto the grid.
                                                                                                                                              Pacifi c Energy Update 2016     1
               ADB Energy Operations in the Pacifi c
            Capacity         Diesel         Energy          Hydropower          Regulatory      Solar        Network          Wind       Ongoing         Completed          Planned
            Building      Generation       Effi  ciency
             REGIONAL
              Promoting Energy Effi  ciency                $8.75 M               Institutional Strengthening of      $0.23 M                 Majuro Power Network          $0.69 M
              in the Pacifi c Phase 2                                             the Nauru Utilities Corporation                             Strengthening
              Promoting Access to  Renewable Energy        $3.75 M               Electricity Supply                 $12.14 M                 Fuel Tank Farm                $7.00 M
              in the Pacifi c                                                     Security and Sustainability                                 Rehabilitation
              Establishment of the Pacifi c Region         $15.20 M               Tariff  and Subsidy Policy         $0.80 M
              Infrastructure Facility Coordination Offi  ce                      Reform
              Increasing Access to Renewable Energy        $1.00 M
                                                                                                                                              Power Sector              $100.00 M
                                                                                                                                              Expansion
                                                                                                     MARSHALL                                 Renewable Energy 
             Yap Renewable Energy                                                                      ISLANDS                                                  
             Development                        $8.73 M                                                                                       Development                $33.59 M
                                                                                                                                              and Power Sector 
                                                                                                                                              Rehabilitation
                           REPUBLIC OF          FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
                              PALAU
                                                                                        NAURU
                                           PAPUA                                                                                                 KIRIBATI
                                           NEW
                                           GUINEA                            SOLOMON ISLANDS
                TIMOR-LESTE                                                                             TUVALU
                                                                                                                                              Renewable Energy Sector $25.59 M
                                                                                                                                 SAMOA        Renewable Energy Sector      $4.26 M
             Electricity System                                               VANUATU                                FIJI
             Strengthening and              $4.30 M                                                                                                  COOK  ISLANDS
             Sustainability                                                                                                     TONGA
             Improved Energy Access          $5.00 M
             for Rural Communities                                                                                                          Cyclone Ian Recovery           $4.52 M
             Port Moresby Power Grid         $65.39 M                     Provincial Renewable          $15.00 M                            Outer Island Renewable 
             Development                                                  Energy                                                            Energy                        $18.23 M
             Implementation of the            $1.00 M                     Solar Power Development       $15.20 M
             Electricity Industry Policy
             MFF: Town Electrifi cation       $62.07 M
             Investment—Tranche 1                                                                                                           Support for Energy Sector 
             MFF: Town Electrifi cation       $73.60 M                                                                                       Regulatory Capacity and        $1.00 M
             Investment—Tranche 2                                                                                                           Electrifi cation
            M 
 million, MFF 
 multitranche fi nancing facility. 
                                                                                                                         
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