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Report on wind energy for small communities [electronic resource] / prepared for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami by John F. Maissan, Leading Edge Projects Inc.
Under a range of realistic conditions wind energy projects can be economically viable in the north at oil prices in the order of
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 electronic text (26, [24] p.) : digital file.
- Publisher: Whitehorse, Yukon : Leading Edge Projects, 2006
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "April 24, 2006." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-26). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Executive summary -- Table of contents -- 1. Background -- 2. Wind resource assessment -- 3. Wind power technology review -- Wind turbines -- Wind turbine towers -- Wind-diesel integration -- Wind penetration levels -- Anti-icing technology -- Suppliers of wind-diesel integration systems -- Wind turbine manufacturers promote wind-diesel systems -- 4. Foundations and civil works -- 5. Present cost experience -- 6. Recommendations from project developers -- 7. Project site selection criteria -- 8. Simplified economic analyses for small communities -- 9. Kotzebue, a model to follow -- 10. Starting a wind energy program -- 11. Roles of territorial governments and their power utilities -- 12. Role of federal government -- 13. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix A. Excel table of communities in the north -- Appendix B. Information on Kotzebue Electric Association's wind-diesel project -- Appendix C. Details of economic analyses -- Appendix D. Powercorp wind-diesel equipment -- Appendix E. CanWEA proposed ReCWIP and SWEIP programs. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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