Exploring electricity generation alternatives for Canadian Arctic communities using a multi-objective genetic algorithm approach

• Published in: Energy Conversion and Management
• Main Authors: Quitoras, Marvin R., Campana, Pietro E., Crawford, Curran
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Energy Conversion and Management 2020
• Subjects: Arctic environment; Energy model; Microgrid; Renewable energy; Optimization; Genetic algorithm; Arctic; Canada; Handle The; Northwest Territories; Sachs Harbour; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/11748; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112471

Indigenous peoples in the Northern communities of Canada are experiencing some of the worst catastrophic effects of climate change, given the Arctic region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. Paradoxically, this increasing temperature can be attributed to fossil fuel-based power gener...