HR: 1340h
AN: IN43A-0902    [Abstracts]
TI: Alaska Energy Inventory Project: Consolidating Alaska's Energy Resources
AU: * Papp, K
EM: ken.papp@alaska.gov
AF: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Rd., Fairbanks, AK 99708, United States
AU: Clough, J
EM: jim.clough@alaska.gov
AF: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Rd., Fairbanks, AK 99708, United States
AU: Swenson, R
EM: bob.swenson@alaska.gov
AF: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Rd., Fairbanks, AK 99708, United States
AU: Crimp, P
EM: pcrimp@aidea.org
AF: Alaska Energy Authority, 813 West Northern Lights Blvd., Anchorage, AK 99503, United States
AU: Hanson, D
EM: douglas.hanson@alaska.gov
AF: Alaska Division of Forestry, 3700 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709, United States
AU: Parker, P
EM: peter.parker@alaska.gov
AF: Alaska Land Records Information Section, 550 W 7th Ave. Ste. 706, Anchorage, AK 99501, United States
AB: Alaska has considerable energy resources distributed throughout the state including conventional oil, gas, and coal, and unconventional coalbed and shalebed methane, gas hydrates, geothermal, wind, hydro, and biomass. While much of the known large oil and gas resources are concentrated on the North Slope and in the Cook Inlet regions, the other potential sources of energy are dispersed across a varied landscape from frozen tundra to coastal settings. Despite the presence of these potential energy sources, rural Alaska is mostly dependent upon diesel fuel for both electrical power generation and space heating needs. At considerable cost, large quantities of diesel fuel are transported to more than 150 roadless communities by barge or airplane and stored in large bulk fuel tank farms for winter months when electricity and heat are at peak demands. Recent increases in the price of oil have severely impacted the price of energy throughout Alaska, and especially hard hit are rural communities and remote mines that are off the road system and isolated from integrated electrical power grids. Even though the state has significant conventional gas resources in restricted areas, few communities are located near enough to these resources to directly use natural gas to meet their energy needs. To address this problem, the Alaska Energy Inventory project will (1) inventory and compile all available Alaska energy resource data suitable for electrical power generation and space heating needs including natural gas, coal, coalbed and shalebed methane, gas hydrates, geothermal, wind, hydro, and biomass and (2) identify locations or regions where the most economic energy resource or combination of energy resources can be developed to meet local needs. This data will be accessible through a user-friendly web-based interactive map, based on the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Land Records Information Section's (LRIS) Alaska Mapper, Google Earth, and Terrago Technologies' GeoPDF format to display the location, type, and where applicable, a risk-weighted quantity estimate of energy resources available in a given area or site. The project will be managed and directed by the DNR Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys DGGS over the next five years with a team composed of the Alaska Energy Authority, DNR Division of Forestry, and DNR LRIS.
UR: http://energyinventory.alaska.gov
DE: 1630 Impacts of global change (1225)
DE: 6304 Benefit-cost analysis
DE: 6309 Decision making under uncertainty
DE: 6314 Demand estimation
DE: 6620 Science policy (0485)
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting