Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi was speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for a multi-million dollar hydro project in Fuluasou on Friday.
That project would see a plant with a preliminary capacity of 0.68 megawatts built on Upolu, which was hoped to save the country about 3.6 million litres of diesel a year.
RNZ reports with 60 percent of its energy coming from diesel generators, Tuila'epa said Samoa needs to reduce its dependence on imported fuel.
