Wind Energy Resource Assessment on Alaska Native Lands in Cordova Region of Prince William Sound

• Main Authors: Whissel, John C., Piche, Matthew
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: 17 WIND ENERGY; eyak; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1187906; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1187906; https://doi.org/10.2172/1187906

The Native Village of Eyak (NVE) has been monitoring wind resources around Cordova, Alaska in order to determine whether there is a role for wind energy to play in the city’s energy scheme, which is now supplies entirely by two run-of-the-river hydro plants and diesel generators. These data are reported in Appendices A and B. Because the hydro resources decline during winter months, and wind resources increase, wind is perhaps an ideal counterpart to round out Cordova’s renewable energy supply. The results of this effort suggests that this is the case, and that developing wind resources makes sense for our small, isolated community.