Alaska's Renewable Energy Sources
Highlights the vast renewable energy resources in Alaska.
The Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska 2007 provides a comprehensive overview of the potential of renewable energy in Alaska put together by the Alaska Energy Authority. Here is a brief excerpt:
"With 20% of the country’s landmass and less than 1% of its population Alaska’s unique geography has driven development of its energy supply infrastructure—power plants, power lines, natural gas pipelines, bulk fuel “tank farms” and related facilities. Alaska has over 200 remote, stand-alone electrical grids serving villages as well as larger transmission grids in Southeast Alaska and the Railbelt. The Railbelt electrical grid follows the Alaska Railroad from Fairbanks through Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula and provides 80% of the state’s electrical energy."
