The West-Nordic project
Nordic Energy Research has studied different alternatives for distributed energy production systems for scarcely populated areas.
SPARSELY POPULATED. Energy solutions in sparsely populated areas could be based on hydrogen technology combined with wind power or solar power or small scale hydropower. (Photo: Crestock)
Source of inforamtion: Nordic Energy Research
Local actors from the Faeroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland in co-operation with Nordic Energy Research in 2004 studied different alternatives for distributed energy production systems for scarcely populated areas.
Mapping, analysis tools, concepts
The West-Nordic project included a mapping of the present energy situation, a development of model tools for efficient and flexible analyses and finally simulations in order to find suitable technical concepts and locations for possible future demonstration plants based on environmentally friendly energy production solutions.
The project points out hydrogen technology combined with wind power (especially the Faeroe Islands) and solar power or small scale hydropower (especially Greenland) as suitable energy solutions i isolated areas.
Further reading:
Nordicenergy.net: The West-Nordic project (reports and conclusions)
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