How do you power a mining operation the size of Pebble?

摘要

Mining operations demand huge amounts of power. In remote Alaska, where will it come from? The House Special Committee on Energy met to learn about energy needs for five proposed mines in Alaska, including the Pebble Mine near Bristol Bay. John Shively is CEO of the Pebble Partnership: "Our needs are really not determined at this point, given that we are still not even in the pre-feasibility stage of our project, but they will be significant."