NANA Wind Resource Assessment Program Final Report

Jay Hermanson

关键词: ALASKA;    COMMUNITIES;    COOPERATIVES;    ELECTRIC UTILITIES;    HYBRID SYSTEMS;    RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;    WIND POWER Alaska;    NANA;    wind;    feasibility study;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1042646
RP-ID  :  DE-FG36-07GO17076
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1042646
Others  :  TRN: US201212%%1003

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

NANA Regional Corporation (NRC) of northwest Alaska is located in an area with abundant wind energy resources. In 2007, NRC was awarded grant DE-FG36-07GO17076 by the US Department of Energy's Tribal Energy Program for funding a Wind Resource Assessment Project (WRAP) for the NANA region. The NANA region, including Kotzebue Electric Association (KEA) and Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) have been national leaders at developing, designing, building, and operating wind-diesel hybrid systems in Kotzebue (starting in 1996) and Selawik (2002). Promising sites for the development of new wind energy projects in the region have been identified by the WRAP, including Buckland, Deering, and the Kivalina/Red Dog Mine Port Area. Ambler, Shungnak, Kobuk, Kiana, Noorvik & Noatak were determined to have poor wind resources at sites in or very near each community. However, all five of these communities may have better wind resources atop hills or at sites with slightly higher elevations several miles away.