Energy resources and electricity generation in Arctic areas

Witt, Magnus de; Stefánsson, Hlynur; Valfells, Á.; Larsen, Joan Nymand

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2021.01.025

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“…The opened Northern Sea Route required the construction of seaports and all accompanying maritime infrastructure. To supply electrical power to new settlements and industrial enterprises, new energy facilities began to be built [4]. Such social and economic expansion endangered not only the preservation of the ecological systems of the Arctic, but also negatively affected the climatic stability of the region [7].…”

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Conceptual foundations of legal support for engineering in Arctic studies of climatic changes

2021

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The article is devoted to the problems of the development of the Arctic as a territory of international cooperation, taking into account the national interests of individual states. The specificity of geopolitical, social, economic, and climatic conditions determines the need to develop conceptual foundations of legal support for the implementation of environmental engineering processes at the development of the Arctic and research on climatic changes of the region. The article analyzes the main strategic and legal documents regulating the implementation activities in relation to the technical and technological support in the question of the development of the Arctic territories and the preservation of climatic stability. The options for creating an adequate system of convergence of national and international legal regulation in the field of determining anthropogenic pollutants and fixing key indicators of the state of the Arctic environment are detailized and characterized. The scientific substantiation of the causes and consequences of climate change in the Arctic ecological systems is given. The advantages of scientific research with the use of modern engineering and digitalization methods, as well as the usage of information and communication technologies for the prompt exchange of environmentally significant information, are revealed. It is noted that thе most topical issues, the national strategies for the development of the Arctic zones of the Russian Federation, Denmark, Norway, and Canada are of a similar nature. They have common approaches to the preservation of vulnerable Arctic ecological systems and the conceptual foundations of legal support for engineering in Arctic scientific research in the field of climate change and conservation.

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Conceptual foundations of legal support for engineering in Arctic studies of climatic changes

2021

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“…In the sections that follow, mature technologies for Arctic areas, such as geothermal power, wind power, solar power, and hydropower, will be briefly introduced. De Witt et al [21] elaborated further on energy resources and electricity generation technologies in the Arctic.…”

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“…A more comprehensive overview of the availability of renewable energy resources in the Arctic can be found in [9]. This paper adds more specific information to the existing literature [21] by presenting three case studies to analyze the current status of energy systems and the specific potential and feasibility of transitioning to locally available renewable energy resources. The paper further examines how local societies perceive renewables and renewable energy use and how resources are anchored in society, policies, and the economy.…”

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Availability and Feasibility of Renewable Resources for Electricity Generation in the Arctic: The Cases of Longyearbyen, Maniitsoq, and Kotzebue

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Currently, the dominant energy source for electricity generation in the Arctic is diesel, which is well proven for Arctic conditions. However, diesel is expensive in the Arctic, often due to long and complicated fuel transportation routes, and so inhabitants of Arctic communities can face high electricity costs. This paper investigates whether renewable energy resources can be harvested in a feasible and cost-competitive manner. The paper highlights which renewable energy resources are generally available in the Arctic and analyzes how renewable resources, such as hydropower, wind, and photovoltaics, can be used. Furthermore, we present three specific case studies to provide in-depth insight. A simulation with different energy generation scenarios using different renewable energy sources and penetration levels was performed for each case. The results indicate that renewables can be a cost-competitive option and that the optimal mix of renewables varies for different communities. Stakeholders and experts from the case study communities were also interviewed and their responses indicated a general acceptance of renewables.

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“…Any transport in the Arctic leaves a very high carbon footprint due to the lack of options for non-fossil fuel energy generation. 6 A laser powered by renewable energy solution located at the transmitter at lower latitudes could remotely recharge devices located at the HAPS or even the UAVs. Atmospheric turbulences in current FSO channel models are separated into scintillation effects and atmospheric attenuation and only modulated low power lasers have been considered in FSO channel transmission.…”

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A free space optical link model for C-band data and power transmission

Amadou Ali,

Wilson,

Beattie

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Free-Space Laser Communications XXXVI

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The emerging technology of power-by-light enables power and data delivery over a single free space optical (FSO) link for electrically isolated, interference-free remote operation. Telecom wavelength bands (λ ≈ 1550 nm) are well known for applications in data communication over optical fiber and overlap atmospheric transparency windows, extending the reach of FSO power and data systems through the air. This creates the opportunity to directionally deliver significant power (above 1mW) and high speed data wirelessly over long distances. FSO channels can experience turbulence and weather conditions that affect data and power transmission. Hence they should be modeled and verified against measurements under varied atmospheric conditions. This will help improve model precision and robustness in predicting FSO channel performance. Accurate modeling of data transmission in FSO channels is urgently required to support the design of wireless optical communication systems for remote areas to which fiber deployment is difficult or uneconomic and instead long range data communications between ground stations and high-altitude platform systems (HAPS) may be employed. We have modelled an FSO channel transmitting data and power at 1550 and 1520 nm respectively under various meteorological conditions. The system model was developed in the commercially available OptiSystem software for modeling signals transmission. Different weather conditions translate directly to different FSO channel signal attenuations, impacting both data and power transmission. We also explore the impact of different modulation schemes such as Quadratic Amplitude Modulation (QAM), Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM), and Quadratic Phase Shift Keying(QPSK) on the bit error rate of the transmitted data thereby achieving the optimal required hardware design parameters. We found that QPSK is predicted to have the longest viable FSO range across all weather conditions and that power cannot be transmitted past 1 km in foggy weather.

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Energy resources and electricity generation in Arctic areas

Cited by 25 publications

References 12 publications

Conceptual foundations of legal support for engineering in Arctic studies of climatic changes

Conceptual foundations of legal support for engineering in Arctic studies of climatic changes

Availability and Feasibility of Renewable Resources for Electricity Generation in the Arctic: The Cases of Longyearbyen, Maniitsoq, and Kotzebue

A free space optical link model for C-band data and power transmission

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