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- Upolu Emergency Power Project
Upolu Emergency Power Project
Samoa
Borrower | Samoa |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Energy |
Approved | 13.06.1991 |
Signed | 25.10.1991 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | ADB |
Executing Agency | Electric Power Corporation (EPC) |
Co-financiers | IDA, ADB, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 1.70 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 4.44 |
This project was conceived to repair some of the damage caused to Samoa’s power sector by two severe tropical cyclones. It provided for the procurement and installation of a new diesel generator, as well as for renovation works at several seriously damaged hydro and diesel power generation plants. The project sought to restore the country’s generating capacity to pre-cyclone levels and bring an end to two-years of power shortages.