That can fuel a whole lot of evs, even in winter weather! Goodbye to energy dependence - Alaska discovers more than 1,100 TWh hidden under the ice, and the find could change the world Despite this much energy potential, I read China now produces about ⅓ of its energy from renewals, combining solar mirrors, Hydro, PV, wind Etc. USA has really let things slip over the past decade & need to do some catching up! .
Alaska could use that energy and nitrogen from the air to make liquid ammonium and ship it anywhere. Alternatively, extremely high voltage transmission lines leased from Canada. As for USA, like my roof? Bob Wilson
How are you going to present that power to existing loads? I mean we could use it just to power everything already in Alaska- shut down the Usibelli mine and reduce the need to tap the Alyeska pipeline at the old North Pole refinery for interior loads. Then a little more oil becomes available for shipment FOB Valdez. It will never be economical to ship Usibelli coal out-of-state though. It's not like Canada is going to let us build an overland transmission line through their territory anytime soon, given the animosity stirred up by the current administration. If we did a submarine transmission cable along a "short and practical" route from Alaska to Washington, it would be about 3x longer than the longest currently existing submarine power transmission system- one that cost over $2B to install, and that was in a more accessible area. That doesn't include the cost of getting the power from the rivers to the beach in Alaska, or from the beach in Washington to a major entry point on their grid. There might be a stronger argument for just building data centers in Alaska, using the power locally up there and transmitting the product via existing data circuits.
