: . a Projolt Meare on wos filoffaffa “ae Batieile JL ticElroy NOV 13 1280 Date November 12, 1989 To W411 Smith fy From John Williford +> Subject Pacific Trust Térritories Wind Assessments _ Internal Distribution DE Deonial RECEIVES: Pacific Northwest Laboratories ag, BAIR WJ. — : hee R : Woodruff i)Bair LB/file Interior 409923 . R Accordina to Rich Barchet, the recional wind studies for the Pacific Trust Territories, which are part of the Wind Characterization Element of the Federal Wind Proaram (DOE), are nearly complete under work subcontracted to the University of Hawaii. The result will be an island-by-island atlas summarizing wind resources, and may be divided in the case of larder islands into a finer level of detail. Thus, in suaqaesting eneray assessments or planning as part of the Pacific Trust Territories work, we should not embarrass ourselves by replicating what has already been done. However, validation of specific sites, intearation of this eneray resource with needs and some demonstrations might be reasonable. Infrastructure development through siting courses might also be helpful. Wind is one possibility amona several, and an intearation of possible enerqy development alternatives might reasonably be done once an idea of the host countries' plans and desires is in hand. Apparently some rather massive studies of the Pacific Trust Territories have been done in the past, but never publically released. The Solomon Report, which apparently runs about 800 pages, is one of these. In it, recommendations were made for non-qovernmental entities to take up various developmental and technical assistance tasks. At the time, this was a threat to the aovernment administrative bureaucrasy and was never implemented. Conditions now appear to be different. If past history is any indication, political appointees of the losina party will no doubt vanish, and whatever continuity obtains will come from staff in civil service positions. Do we have any contacts in the secure portions of this office to keep trackina developments during the transition period? DOCUMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN ECI Reviewed wfHiakeo Date S/ Mi /4 GF } REPOSITORY fr NUN, L . cottection Nars hall Ts lands 7 cx ne. SORT FOLOER Nees Dec. -Nov. 24-1900-001 (3~—71)} a s/ands japp