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Vol. 10, No. 22 Week of May 29, 2005
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Harnessing Alaska winds

Electricity from wind turbines looks attractive, faces some economic hurdles

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News Staff Writer

Pending natural gas shortages in Southcentral Alaska and the escalating cost of diesel-generated electricity in rural Alaska have both been driving some creative thinking about electricity generation in the state. And with an abundance of wind in many areas, wind turbines seem an obvious alternative....

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