Economic Comparison of Power Generation Alternatives for Thorne Bay, Alaska
This study is an economic screening analysis of power generation alternatives for the city of Thorne Bay, a community of about 650 people located on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The City currently operates a municipal utility providing electric service to 190 residential and 40 commer...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/12435 2023-05-15T17:02:23+02:00 Economic Comparison of Power Generation Alternatives for Thorne Bay, Alaska Colt, Steve Foster, Mark 1994 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12435 en_US eng Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska. http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12435 economic screening analysis power generation alternatives Thorne Bay municipal utility biomass power plant Report 1994 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:37:55Z This study is an economic screening analysis of power generation alternatives for the city of Thorne Bay, a community of about 650 people located on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The City currently operates a municipal utility providing electric service to 190 residential and 40 commercial and small industrial customers. City power is currently generated by three diesel units with a total installed capacity of [600 + 650 + 325] = 1,575 kilowatts (kW). Three non-diesel alternatives for base load power are considered in this analysis. The first is an intertie from the Craig-Klawock power grid to Thorne Bay, which would allow Thorne Bay to receive power from the Black Bear Lake hydroelectric project now under construction by Alaska Power and Telephone (AP&T), a regulated investor-owned utility. The second alternative is a wood-waste fired power plant located in Thorne Bay, making use of the wood waste from the Ketchikan Pulp Company (KPC) sort yard. The third alternative is a biomass power plant, also loctaed in Thorne Bay, but fired primarily from municipal solid waste generated on Prince of Wales Island. This plant would also use wood waste, but as a supplemental fuel. Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs Division of Energy Report Ketchikan Prince of Wales Island Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Black Bear Lake ENVELOPE(-93.040,-93.040,57.159,57.159) Prince of Wales Island ENVELOPE(-99.001,-99.001,72.668,72.668) Thorne ENVELOPE(-60.700,-60.700,-62.933,-62.933) |
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This study is an economic screening analysis of power generation alternatives for the city of Thorne Bay, a community of about 650 people located on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The City currently operates a municipal utility providing electric service to 190 residential and 40 commercial and small industrial customers. City power is currently generated by three diesel units with a total installed capacity of [600 + 650 + 325] = 1,575 kilowatts (kW). Three non-diesel alternatives for base load power are considered in this analysis. The first is an intertie from the Craig-Klawock power grid to Thorne Bay, which would allow Thorne Bay to receive power from the Black Bear Lake hydroelectric project now under construction by Alaska Power and Telephone (AP&T), a regulated investor-owned utility. The second alternative is a wood-waste fired power plant located in Thorne Bay, making use of the wood waste from the Ketchikan Pulp Company (KPC) sort yard. The third alternative is a biomass power plant, also loctaed in Thorne Bay, but fired primarily from municipal solid waste generated on Prince of Wales Island. This plant would also use wood waste, but as a supplemental fuel. Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs Division of Energy |
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Economic Comparison of Power Generation Alternatives for Thorne Bay, Alaska |
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Economic Comparison of Power Generation Alternatives for Thorne Bay, Alaska |
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Economic Comparison of Power Generation Alternatives for Thorne Bay, Alaska |
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Economic Comparison of Power Generation Alternatives for Thorne Bay, Alaska |
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Economic Comparison of Power Generation Alternatives for Thorne Bay, Alaska |
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economic comparison of power generation alternatives for thorne bay, alaska |
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Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska. |
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1994 |
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ENVELOPE(-93.040,-93.040,57.159,57.159) ENVELOPE(-99.001,-99.001,72.668,72.668) ENVELOPE(-60.700,-60.700,-62.933,-62.933) |
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Black Bear Lake Prince of Wales Island Thorne |
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Black Bear Lake Prince of Wales Island Thorne |
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Ketchikan Prince of Wales Island Alaska |
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