Chena Hot Springs Resort.Chena Hot Springs Resort's new geothermal unit was named Project of the Year in the renewables category as part of an international competition with hundreds of submissions. The alternative energy project, which came online last August, was in part funded by an Alaska Energy Authority (AEA AEA Atomic Energy Authority AEA n abbr (BRIT) (= Atomic Energy Authority) → consejo de energía nuclear; (BRIT) (SCOL) (= Advanced Extension Award) → ) Power Project Fund loan. The award was sponsored by Power Engineering Magazine, and was announced recently at the Power Gen conference in Orlando, Fla. The innovative new geothermal unit has won another energy award, this time the "2006 On-Site Generation Award" annually bestowed by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ). The "Chena Chiller chill·er n. 1. One that chills. 2. A frightening story, especially one involving violence, evil, or the supernatural; a thriller. chiller Noun 1. " is located some 57 miles from Fairbanks and is not connected to the grid. In recognition of Chena's being the first geothermal power Geothermal power Thermal or electrical power produced from the thermal energy contained in the Earth (geothermal energy). Use of geothermal energy is based thermodynamically on the temperature difference between a mass of subsurface rock and water and a mass plant in Alaska and its innovative use of low-temperature geothermal power, AEA Program Manager Rebecca Garrett nominated the project last summer. |
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