Document Type: Report Language: English Journal Announcement: NTS8305 Availability: NTIS, PC A1l0/MF AOl1; 1. Subfile: NTS (NTIS); ERA (Energy Research Abstracts). Country of Origin: United States . Country of Publication: United States , Abstract: Electric power supply options available to many of the central and south Pacific island governments are severely constrained by remoteness, limited infrastructures, a corrosive natural environment, and the high delivered costs of many conventional energy sources. Photovoltaic energy systems offer a currently available, practical, and cost-effective source of electricity for many stand-alone applications in remote areas of the Pacific. Photovoltaic system definitions and cost analyses are provided for selected applications in the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Territory of American Samoa.; Major Descriptors: *PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES -- USES Descriptors: AIRPORTS; AMERICAN SAMOA; COST ESTIMATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; INSOLATION; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURERS; MARKET; MARSHALL ISLANDS; POWER CONDITIONING CIRCUITS; REFRIGERATORS; RURAL ENERGY CENTERS; SIZING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; WATER PUMPS Broader Terms: ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; -ENERGY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIA; POWER SUPPLIES; PUMPS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; USA Subject Categories: 10/5/695 01184128 Author(s): 140600* -- Solar Energy -- Photovoltaic Power Systems (Item 395 from file: 103) ERA-08-029479; EDB-83-084163 Schroeder, T.A.; Hori, A.M. Title: Wind-energy assessment for the western Pacific based on ship reports Corporate Source: Hawaii Univ., Publication Date: Nov 1982 Report Number(s): Order Number: UHMET-82-05 p 28 Honolulu (USA). Dept. of Meteorology DE83008149 Contract Number (DOE): AT03-82SF11642 Note: Portions are illegible in microfiche products Document Type: Report Language: English Journal Announcement: NTS8305 Availability: NTIS, PC AO3/MF AOl; Subfile: NTS (NTIS); ERA 1. (Energy Research Abstracts). Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: Over 468,000 wind reports from ships traversing the Pacific Islands (Micronesia) affiliated with the United States have been examined. From these data, maps were prepared of annual and seasonal average wind speed and wind energy density and wind rose summaries for 100 2/sup 0/ by 5/sup 0/ (latitude by longitude) boxes. The Northern Marshall Islands possess the best wind energy resource in the region, the Northern Marianas the next best. Tropical storms exert a limited influence on the wind statistics. Future research should first concentrate on evaluating wind characteristics on one atoll, and then on one high island.; Major Descriptors: *MICRONESIA -- WIND; *WIND POWER -- AVAILABILITY oO Descriptors: MARIANA ISLANDS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SHIPS -.. STORMS Cca Broader Terms: DISASTERS; ENERGY SOURCES; ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTH on AMERICA; OCEANIA; POWER; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; TRUST TERRITORY OF —, THE PACIFIC ISLANDS; USA; VARIATIONS (3 Subject Categories: (Climatology) 10/5/696 170100* -- Wind Energy -- Resources & Availability (Item 396 from file: 103) 01181203 AIX-13-714220; EDB-83-081237 Title: Toward the abolition of nuclear arms, Part 4 tur>