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Fueling Change In The Arctic
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Jul 27 2016 02:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) study “Fueling Change in the Arctic” says.
. . . communities powered by diesel generators,
. . . could save enough money in operating and maintenance (O&M) expenses,
. . . to pay for installations of:
. . . . . . Solar panels,
. . . . . . Wind turbines, and
. . . . . . Battery-based electricity storage plants,
. . . while substantially reducing CO2 emissions in these locations.
"The factors we took in account in making our decisions included:
. . . . . . Local reductions in CO2 emissions,
. . . . . . Savings in O&M costs for the diesel systems by reducing their usage, and
. . . . . . Reinvesting those O&M savings in renewable power sources, and
. . . . . . how much we could maximize the use of renewable power,
. . . . . . . . . in each community.”
These communities, are extremely remote,
. . . with no access to a main electrical power gird, and
. . . no coal,
. . . . . . hydroelectric,
. . . . . . natural gas, or
. . . . . . nuclear power generating stations.
At present, all of its power comes from locally based diesel generators,
. . . with diesel fuel being brought in by barge, or tanker,
. . . due to a lack of connecting highways, and railways.
7-27-2016 Source: Fueling Change in the Arctic
. . . communities powered by diesel generators,
. . . could save enough money in operating and maintenance (O&M) expenses,
. . . to pay for installations of:
. . . . . . Solar panels,
. . . . . . Wind turbines, and
. . . . . . Battery-based electricity storage plants,
. . . while substantially reducing CO2 emissions in these locations.
"The factors we took in account in making our decisions included:
. . . . . . Local reductions in CO2 emissions,
. . . . . . Savings in O&M costs for the diesel systems by reducing their usage, and
. . . . . . Reinvesting those O&M savings in renewable power sources, and
. . . . . . how much we could maximize the use of renewable power,
. . . . . . . . . in each community.”
These communities, are extremely remote,
. . . with no access to a main electrical power gird, and
. . . no coal,
. . . . . . hydroelectric,
. . . . . . natural gas, or
. . . . . . nuclear power generating stations.
At present, all of its power comes from locally based diesel generators,
. . . with diesel fuel being brought in by barge, or tanker,
. . . due to a lack of connecting highways, and railways.
7-27-2016 Source: Fueling Change in the Arctic
