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PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS: Moving An Alaska Town from Resupply to Self-reliance

PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS: Moving An Alaska Town from Resupply to Self-reliance. Ethan Berkowitz Project Developer. Akureyri. Nome. Nome Energy Facts. .37/kW. Solving the (Expensive, Imported) Energy Dependence Problem:. Values and Vision– Energy Self Sufficiency Goals

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PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS: Moving An Alaska Town from Resupply to Self-reliance

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  1. PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS: Moving An Alaska Town from Resupply to Self-reliance Ethan Berkowitz Project Developer

  2. Akureyri Nome

  3. Nome Energy Facts .37/kW

  4. Solving the (Expensive, Imported) Energy Dependence Problem: • Values and Vision– Energy Self Sufficiency • Goals • Economic – Affordable Energy – Reduced Utility Bills, Business and Job Development • Social – Community (fate control), Social Metrics • Project/Timeline • Resource • Research • Investment • Generation

  5. The Pilgrim Resource Pilgrim Hot Springs Nome

  6. Pilgrim Research

  7. Current research builds on efforts undertaken in the 1970s and 1980s

  8. Thermal Imaging

  9. Temperature map of geothermal aquifer from Geoprobe holes (20 to 40 meters)

  10. Drilling Program

  11. What we know today • Location of upflow zone (within ~30 meters) • Depth to bedrock • Good estimate of available heat (~20-40 MWth) • Indication of larger regional geothermal system Cosmos, August 2008

  12. Next/Current Steps • Drill one 35 cm (14 inch) diameter hole that will allow us to extract fluid to ‘stress’ the resource and measure response to develop a more accurate reservoir model. • Pump up to 7500 liters per minute (2000 GPM) (upper limit) for a period of 5-20 days, and discharge at surface. Cosmos, August 2008

  13. What We Hope To Do • Produce at least 2mW of geothermal energy from pilgrim hot springs • Build a transmission line to Nome • Deliver sustainable, affordable energy by end of 2014

  14. Acknowledgments(partial list) Office of Senator Lisa Murkowski United States Department of Energy Alaska Energy Authority City of Nome/NJUS Unataaq, llc (Bering Straits Native corporation, Norton Sound Economic Development Association, Sitnasuaq Native Corporation, Kawerak, Mary’s Igloo Native Corporation, Teller Native Corporation, White Mountain Native Corporation) Nome Chamber of Commerce Naknek Electric Association Alaska Center for Energy and Power M-W Drilling Pilgrim Geothermal, LLC (Potelco) Questions? Contact: Ethan Berkowitz ethanalaska@gmail.com 907-223-2163

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