Seminar to explore mixing renewables and diesel-generated power
January 28, 2014
Representatives of a rural Alaska power company and a university researcher will talk
Tuesday, Feb. 4, about how to mix renewable energy into small electricity grids fed
by diesel-powered generators.
Kord Christianson and Jan Tierson, with TDX Power, will join Marc Mueller-Stoffels,
with the Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska Fairbanks,
from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 531 of the Duckering Building on the UAF campus.
TDX Power Inc. owns and operates several regulated utilities in Alaska. It is a subsidiary
of Tanadgusix Corporation, the Alaska Native village corporation based on St. Paul
Island in the Bering Sea.
TDX Power operates wind-diesel systems at Sand Point and St. Paul. Integrating variable
amounts of renewable energy into remote diesel microgrids is challenging, particularly
if the renewable power makes up a large fraction of the power mix, according to the
presenters. They will discuss how adding controls, managed loads and energy storage
can significantly affect the amount of renewable energy that can be integrated.