TAU AMERICAN SAMOA
![A look at the 1,410 kW of solar PV panels, of the Ta'u Renewable Energy PV project, commissioned in Oct. 2016 and located on Faleasao village, Ta'u island, American Samoa. [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Tau%20solar%200013_0.jpg?itok=B3WaQMWU "A look at the 1,410 kW of solar PV panels, of the Ta'u Renewable Energy PV project, commissioned in Oct. 2016 and located on Faleasao village, Ta'u island, American Samoa. [SN file photo]")
Hagåtña, GUAM — On the island of Ta'u in American Samoa, a revolutionary shift occurred in 2016.
The island dumped its total reliance on a diesel-fueled power plant, shifting to a power generating facility that harnesses energy from the sun and uses powerful batteries for storing solar energy for...