Planning group addresses energy demand
PETERSBURG, AK (2011-06-23) A short-term solution to meeting energy shortages in Southeast Alaska could be wood pellets, according to a group that met Tuesday in Petersburg. Using the processed wood to reduce high electrical energy demands was the main topic of discussion at a public meeting about the Southeast Alaska Integrated Resource Plan or SEIRP. Thats a document thats supposed to outline 50-year energy demands and goals for Southeast communities.Petersburg Municipal Power & Light superintendant Joe Nelson says Petersburgs electricity demands have soared in recent years, especially during the winter months. He attributed the increased demand to many residential and commercial buildings switching from oil to electric heat. He expressed concern over a potential loss of hydro power from Lake Tyee, south of Wrangell.
And should we lose the Tyee, the connection to Tyee because of the transmission line or problems over there, our poor little diesel plant wouldnt hold it.
The City of Petersburg approved the purchase of a new diesel generator recently, to increase back-up capacity. Nelson says the City needs to consider its options for future demand increases, saying conservation, alternative energy sources, and rate-restructuring are on the table. Nelson also noted there is no good estimate of how much more demand the current system can withstand.
Estimating that figure is one of the tasks the SEIRP working group hopes to accomplish. The working groups presentation focused on alternative energy solutions, in particular wood pellets. Devany Plenovitch of the Alaska Energy Authority and Nathan Soboleff of Sealaska-owned Haa Aani, LLC both presented on using various wood derivatives, also called biomass, to meet Petersburgs energy needs. Soboleff says that in the short term, wood-pellets are an inexpensive alternative to diesel.
Here in Petersburg the price of pellets in 40 pound bags is about $380 a ton and through bulk wood pellet deliveries, you could be looking at $300 a ton, which is $6 per 40 lb bag. At 380 dollars per ton, pellets would be the equivalent of oil at 3 dollars and 19 cents per gallon. The pellets are currently shipped in from the lower 48, but Soboleff is optimistic about the potential for local expansion.
You could quickly get the level of demand such that the SE Alaska region could support its own wood-pellet producing facility on a large scale and bring with it a lot of jobs.
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“You could quickly get the level of demand such that the SE Alaska region could support its own wood-pellet producing facility on a large scale and bring with it a lot of jobs.” The Sealaska Plaza in Juneau currently runs on a wood pellet boiler.
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Now this homeowner will not have purchasing power to pay for commodities, groceries, durable goods after the disaster – simply because the vendor needed to make wood scarce. Foolish and ignorant. Thinking in the short term loses business in the
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There are many articles online about creating your own wood gas generator – I recommend that you do so at your own peril. Commercial versions will surely enter the marketplace in the near future with the cost of electricity skyrocketing. The price of wood, especially when you have a woodlot makes it incredibly viable to both heat your house and create electricity with a wood gas generator.
Look for further wood gas generator posts in the future as things unfold.
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