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Geothermal Potential of Adak Island, Alaska - Penny Hill Press (Editor), and Naval Weapons Center
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Adak Naval Station, Adak, Alaska is located approximately 1,200 miles southwest of Anchorage and 700 miles southeast of Siberia, near the center of the Aleutian island chain. The Station is strategically important for patrol and surveillance of Arctic waters. On Adak, all electric power generation and space heating is done with JP-5 jet fuel, amounting to nearly 9 million gallons per year. This dependence on oil, coupled with the remoteness of the island, makes any form of indigenous power source attractive if it is ...

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Geothermal Potential of Adak Island, Alaska 2016, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN-13: 9781530397662

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