Alaska Regional Energy Resources Planning Project. Phase 2: coal, hydroelectric and energy alternatives. Volume I. Beluga Coal District Analysis

• Main Authors: Rutledge, G., Lane, D., Edblom, G.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: 01 COAL; LIGNITE; AND PEAT; 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; ALASKA; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; PLANNING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSES; PUBLIC UTILITIES; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL SERVICES; WASTE PROCESSING; LAND USE; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC LANDS; ROADS; TRANSPORT; COAL GASIFICATION; COAL MINING; COAL PREPARATION; COKING; METHANOL; PETROCHEMICALS; POWER GENERATION; SOLVENT-REFINED COAL; STORAGE; LAND TRANSPORT; MARITIME TRANSPORT; RAIL TRANSPORT; SLURRY PIPELINES; BASELINE ECOLOGY; LAND RECLAMATION; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; ALCOHOLS; BUILDINGS; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CARBONIZATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMMINUTION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FREIGHT PIPELINES; Beluga; Beluga*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6739853; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6739853; https://doi.org/10.2172/6739853

This volume deals with the problems and procedures inherent in the development of the Beluga Coal District. Socio-economic implications of the development and management alternatives are discussed. A review of permits and approvals necessary for the initial development of Beluga Coal Field is presented. Major land tenure issues in the Beluga Coal District as well as existing transportation routes and proposed routes and sites are discussed. The various coal technologies which might be employed at Beluga are described. Transportation options and associated costs of transporting coal from the mine site area to a connecting point with a major, longer distance transportation made and of transporting coal both within and outside (exportation) the state are discussed. Some environmental issues involved in the development of the Beluga Coal Field are presented. (DMC)