Chefornak Energy Configuration Options: Energy Infrastructure Optimization to Reduce Fuel Cost and Dependence in Chefornak, Alaska
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding, through the Grid Modernization Program, the Alaska Microgrid Partnership (AMP), a multi-stakeholder collaborative comprised of national labs and Alaska based partners. The over-arching goal of AMP is to reduce the use of total imported fuel into communities to secure all energy services by at least 50% in Alaska's remote microgrids without increasing system lifecycle costs, while improving overall system reliability, security, and resilience. One goal of AMP is to investigate if a combination of Energy Efficiency (EE) and high contribution (from Renewable Energy (RE)) power systems can reduce total imported energy usage by 50% while lowering Life Cycle Costs (LCC) and improving reliability and resiliency. A techno-economic analysis was conducted for the community of Chefornak to investigate system architectures that could meet the goal of reducing imported fuel consumption by 50% or more.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1464921
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-5000-70579
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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