The Alaska Journal of Commerce - Parnell zapped for energy fund cuts 06/18/10
Gov. Sean Parnell is taking flak for his June 3 vetoes of state funds for energy projects.
"The governor has talked a lot about how we have to be fiscally conservative, but these are projects that will make our communities more self-reliant and less dependent on diesel, and state Power Cost Equalization funds, in five to 10 years," when petroleum revenues will be sharply lower, said Bob Venables, energy director for the Southeast Conference, the economic development association for Southeast Alaska.
Click on above link to read the full story in the Alaska Journal of Commerce
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Northern Cross touts solution to Yukon’s energy pinch | Yukon News
Northern Cross touts solution to Yukon’s energy pinch | Yukon News
As far as fossil fuels go, it’s cheap, clean and plentiful.
If Northern Cross has its way, the stuff will help power Yukon’s next generation of mines. It may even one day help propel the trucking fleet that carries goods up the Alaska Highway.
It’s natural gas. There’s an estimated 5 trillion cubic feet of it beneath Eagle Plain, and Northern Cross, a small, privately-held Calgary company, wants to pump it to the surface, chill it to minus 160 degrees Celsius so it condenses to liquid, and truck it to energy-hungry mines within the territory.
Click above link to read the full story in Yukon News
As far as fossil fuels go, it’s cheap, clean and plentiful.
If Northern Cross has its way, the stuff will help power Yukon’s next generation of mines. It may even one day help propel the trucking fleet that carries goods up the Alaska Highway.
It’s natural gas. There’s an estimated 5 trillion cubic feet of it beneath Eagle Plain, and Northern Cross, a small, privately-held Calgary company, wants to pump it to the surface, chill it to minus 160 degrees Celsius so it condenses to liquid, and truck it to energy-hungry mines within the territory.
Click above link to read the full story in Yukon News
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