Chefornak Energy Configuration Options: Energy Infrastructure Optimization to Reduce Fuel Cost and Dependence in Chefornak, Alaska

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

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.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages61
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5000-70579

Keywords

  • Alaska microgrids
  • microgrids

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