Alaska Public Media
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Army officials say geothermal energy could provide a back-up source of heat for Fort Wainwright. That’s why a contractor will soon be exploring the potential of tapping the resource in a series of tests it hopes to conduct in Fairbanks-area deep water wells.
If the company finds geothermal that can be tapped, it could help keep Fort Wainwright warm during cold winter days, when the post is relying solely on thermal energy from a combined heat and power plant built in the 1950s.
“Currently we have one coal-fired heating and power plant. And we do want to look at backup options,” said Eve Baker, a Fort Wainwright spokesperson. “We’re doing the geothermal-energy exploration to investigate the possibility of incorporating redundant energy sources to the installation’s portfolio.”
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