The Potential of Indigenous Energy Resources for Remote Military Bases

An examination of the potential of solar radiation, wind, and ocean waves to provide thermal and electrical power to standard remote military bases. Sufficient energy is shown to be available in the North Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, and the Caribbean to satisfy average remote base power re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Connors, T T, Morrison, P F, Mow, C C, Salter, R G
Other Authors: RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
Electric Power Production and Distribution
*ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
*ENERGY CONSERVATION
*ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY CONVERSION
MILITARY FACILITIES
OCEAN WAVES
POWER SUPPLIES
REMOTE AREAS
RESOURCES
SOLAR RADIATION
WIND
INDIGENOUS ENERGY RESOURCES
Indian
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA022829
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA022829
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Summary:An examination of the potential of solar radiation, wind, and ocean waves to provide thermal and electrical power to standard remote military bases. Sufficient energy is shown to be available in the North Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, and the Caribbean to satisfy average remote base power requirements. A survey of indigenous energy technologies indicates that considerable research is needed to bring wave power recovery up to the level of solar and wind systems. An analytic computer model is used to show that indigenous energy systems are extremely costly, in part because of storage requirements, and that a mix of indigenous and conventional (petroleum) systems would be far less so. Since even a combined system is shown to exceed the cost of a pure conventional power supply, use of indigenous energy is justifiable only as a means of reducing the dependence of remote bases on petroleum fuels.

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