Non-electric applications of geothermal energy in six Alaskan towns. Final report, October 1976--November 1977. [Barrow, Huslia, Kiana, Nikolski, Nome, and Wrangell]

• Main Authors: Farquhar, J., Grijalva, R., Kirkwood, P.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Pacific Sierra Research Corp., Santa Monica, CA (USA) 1977
• Subjects: Geothermal Exploration; Buildings; Geothermal Energy; Oil Wells; Geology; Socio-Economic Factors; Geothermal Legacy; Cost Benefit Analysis; Drilling; 15 Geothermal Energy; Comparative Evaluations; Space Heating; District Heating; Heating; Geothermal Heating Systems; Geothermal Space Heating; 150500 > Geothermal Energy > Economics; Industrial; & Business Aspects; Well Drilling; Alaska; Economic Development; Legal Aspects; Exploration; Heating Systems; Geothermal Heating; Flowsheets; Renewable Energy Sources; Energy Source Development; Energy; Cost; Design; Agriculture; Geothermal Gradients; Wells Geothermal Legacy 151000* > Geothermal Energy > Direct Energy Utilization; Tables; Usa; Energy Sources; Information; Geothermal Wells; Temperature Gradients; Maps; North America; Geothermal District Heating; Pacific Northwest Region; Remote Areas; Urban Areas; Diagrams; Huslia; Pacific; Barrow; Nome
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/6742773; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1200363/

The potential for direct (non-electric) utilization of local-gradient geothermal energy in six Alaskan towns is summarized. A major objective of this study was to stimulate development and use of the geothermal resource provided by the earth's average thermal gradient, as opposed to the few ano...