Editing Marshall Islands (section)

===Energy===
Coconut [[tree]]s abound in the Pacific's [[tropical]] [[islands]]. [[Copra]], the meat of the [[coconut]], yields 1 [[liter]] of [[coconut oil]] for every 6 to 10 coconuts. As of 2007 power authorities, private companies, and entrepreneurs on the islands had been experimenting with coconut oil as alternative to [[diesel fuel]] for [[vehicles]], [[electricity generation|power generators]], and [[ships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwlwgv6YIwatWfk9HEp0bSjAiV-Q |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113002923/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwlwgv6YIwatWfk9HEp0bSjAiV-Q |archive-date= January 13, 2008 |title=Pacific Islands look to coconut power to fuel future growth |date=September 13, 2007 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> In 2009, a 57&nbsp;kW [[solar power]] plant was installed, the largest in the Pacific at the time, including New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.reidtechnology.co.nz/site/reidtech/files//Marshall%20Islands%20Track%202012.pdf College of the Marshall Islands] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208105638/http://www.reidtechnology.co.nz/site/reidtech/files//Marshall%20Islands%20Track%202012.pdf |date=February 8, 2013 }}. (PDF) . reidtechnology.co.nz. June 2009</ref> It is estimated that 330&nbsp;kW of solar and 450&nbsp;kW of wind power would be required to make the [[College of the Marshall Islands]] energy self-sufficient.<ref>[http://www.yokwe.net/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=2973 College of the Marshall Islands: Reiher Returns from Japan Solar Training Program with New Ideas] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028160140/http://www.yokwe.net//index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=2973 |date=October 28, 2012 }}. Yokwe.net. Retrieved September 11, 2013.</ref> Marshalls Energy Company (MEC), a government entity, provides the islands with electricity. In 2008, two 100-[[watt peak|W<sub>p</sub>]] solar home systems were installed on 420 homes on Ailinglaplap Atoll, sufficient for limited electricity use.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rep5.eu/node/48 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510194128/http://www.rep5.eu/node/48 |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |title=Republic of the Marshall Islands |publisher=Rep5.eu |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |author=Marshalls Energy Company |title=Report of the Installation of the EU REP-5 Solar Project at Ailinglaplap Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands |page=4 |url=http://www.rep5.eu/files/pages/file/RMI/REPORT%20OF%20THE%20INSTALLATION%20OF%20REP5%20Final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120213650/http://www.rep5.eu/files/pages/file/RMI/REPORT%20OF%20THE%20INSTALLATION%20OF%20REP5%20Final.pdf |archive-date=2013-01-20 |url-status=dead |docket=9 ACP MH 1}}</ref>