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Crown capital eco management environment blog - Biomass Boiler
Addresses Alaskans Environmental, Economic Concerns | wattpad
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Crown capital eco management environment blog
The heavily forested city of Ketchikan, Alaska, is built on rock and surrounded by water.
Every
commodity that comes into Ketchikan must arrive by sea or air.
The use of fuel oil is problematic for
both economic and environmental reasons because the oil must be obtained and refined elsewhere
and transported (using additional fuel).
What s more, fuel oil is subject to price instability.
Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, which provides information to more than a million
visitors each year, is the site of a pilot biomass boiler system now coming to life.
Two oil-fired boilers
serving the 250,000-sq-ft center were replaced with a highly efficient system fueled by local wood.
Manufactured by Hurst Boiler & Welding Comp
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