Alaska Alternative Energy

This study found that propane is clean burning and its technology has many advantages over diesel-powered equipment.  The advantages of propane are:

• Propane is next-generation technology, efficient, low maintenance and reliable.
• Propane is easily transported.
• Significantly less pollutants than diesel.
• An ideal time to convert to propane since villages need to transition into using ultra low sulfur diesel, which may be very costly.
• An abundant source of propane on the North Slope.
• The future natural gasline to Canada will allow Alaskans to process propane for in-state use and export.
• Propane is considered a clean alternative fuel under several congressional energy policy acts, which authorize funding for advancing propane technology.
• Engines using propane stay clean, carbon free and have low emissions. 
• Propane burns much cleaner than gasoline, heating oil and diesel and emits less carbon dioxide per BTU than all petroleum fuels, except natural gas.
• Propane appliances are high efficient, cost-effective, clean burning and reliable.
• Propane combustion meets or surpasses EPA clean emission standards.
• Propane combustion has extremely low greenhouse emissions.
• Propane cuts emissions of toxins and carcinogens like benzene, by up to 96 percent when used in place of gasoline.
• Propane is an alternative to diesel and will not compete with wind, biomass, solar, in-river kinetic energy, geothermal and hydro alternative energy projects.  
• Propane can be vaporized into synthetic natural gas know as propane-air that has the same combustion parties as natural gas.
• ANGDA is working toward acquiring propane from North Slope producers, which will have a basic out-of-the-ground price of $.33 per gallon.  Processing, transportation, storage, investment return and profit costs need to be added to this base price.

Propane use in villages will be growing substantially in the new five to ten years.  Currently, propane can be less expensive per BTU in Yukon River villages if purchased in bulk.  The price will be even lower when villages start receiving propane from the North Slope and the future gasline.  This report tries to address every issue discussed during village, sub-regional and urban meeting. The full report is large and it might be best to download the report and appendixes individually.

YKPDP Report without Appendixes  (Reduced file size - 2,304 KB)

YKPDP Appendixes without Report  (Reduced file size - 3,242 KB)

Standard sized and press quality PDF files of the YKPDP report are available upon request.