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‘A Survival Issue’: Rural Communities Using More Renewable Energy, Less Costly Diesel

By Tim Ellis • Apr 12, 2018
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Alaska’s rural communities are increasingly looking to wind, solar and biomass to reduce their use of expensive diesel fuel to generate heat and electricity. Residents talked about their efforts to use renewable energy sources at this week’s Rural Energy Conference in Fairbanks.

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