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Research Looks for Geothermal Power Sources in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands (UWW)

WWU Geologist Pete Stelling Researching Geothermal Power
Sources in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands (Courtesy SitNews)

Akutan, a small island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, needs 4.2 million gallons of diesel fuel a year to keep the lights on and the houses warm for its fewer than 400 year-round inhabitants, at a high cost both literally and in terms of environmental damage.

GRC Member and Western Washington University assistant professor of Geology Pete Stelling is researching how to turn the island’s volcanic core into a geothermal power source that could not only cut the needed amount of imported fuel into a fraction of its current level but transform the quality of life for its inhabitants.

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