There is much discussion of how to power the tiny villages and such up there. Very few places are close enough to make sense putting out much power, as the cost to run wires is huge compared to how much demand for wattage there is. I think Kodiak has almost enough demand (powering three other population centers) to make 25 megawatt. That is rather large. Nome has a demand around 8MW and powers a few villages down about 10 miles of wire in a few directions.
The Alaskan villagers really need to either step back from western luxury, or invest heavily in CO2 producing generation. Trouble is, fuel flies in or comes on a barge. Very expensive to live in the lap of western tech goodness in such a desolate place. Much more reasonable to be on a sheep station in the outback. At least you have sun, it is warm, and all you need is to keep the beer cold. clay > On Dec 27, 2019, at 1:07 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > What's a sub or ship reactor put out? A few megawatts? Ah, here the wikis > tell us: > > While land-based *reactors* in *nuclear power plants* produce up to around > 1600 megawatts of electrical power, a typical marine propulsion *reactor* > produces no more than a few hundred megawatts. Space considerations dictate > that a marine *reactor* must be physically small, so it must generate higher > power per unit of space. > > A few hundred MW might be too much for the AK outback, but I'm sure they > could be derated to something more reasonable for the loads. Plus you get > steam and hot water from cooling which might be nice to heat buildings with. > A nuke package cogen plant? > > --FT _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
