How will the Northern Fiber Optic Link support the deployment of smart energy grid and renewable energy technologies?
Smart grid technology is one of the leading ways to improve energy efficiency, reduce demand, especially during peak use times, and cut energy costs for consumers and businesses. Smart grid technology requires reliable, low cost connectivity to allow end users, business owners, manufacturing and industrial facilities, homes and power utilities to accurately monitor and adjust energy use as needed. Western Alaska contains large amounts of reliable and clean wind and geothermal energy opportunities. Smart grid technologies that will use NFOL as the main backbone for connectivity in the region will make these new alternative energy sources more economically viable by allowing planners and designers to finance their expansion through demonstrated efficiencies achieved by concurrent smart grid deployment. This will allow rural villages and communities to transition from high cost and dirty diesel fuel, which is currently the primary source of centrally provided power in the region, to clean
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