Chena Hot Springs Field Trip for ACEP Interns and Staff, August 8th

On Thursday, 14 interns and staff from the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) will visit Chena Hot Springs Resort (CHSR) to tour its many sustainable energy projects. The interns will visit CHSR’s geothermal generator system, which was made famous for its ground breaking use of a low temperature geothermal resource to create electric energy. They will tour the generator building looking at the generator system up close and they will also get to see the geothermal wells that bring the system to life.  Following the generator tour, the interns will have a chance to see the geothermally heated and powered hydroponics greenhouse which is in operation all year round. All of Chena’s lettuce and tomatoes for its restaurant are grown there and the interns will have the chance to see this sustainability project up close. Before the day is over the interns will have ample opportunity to view several other projects at Chena which may include a plastics-to-oil machine, a water ram pump, the geothermal district heating system, or the famous Chena Hot Springs Ice Museum.

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Photo Courtesy of Chena Hot Springs Resort.