Energy-Intensive Industry for Alaska. Volume II. Case Analysis. Final Report

摘要

Volume I of ''Energy Intensive Industry for Alaska'' evaluated a number of energy industries that might be attracted to the state as a consequence of the availability of its large and diversified sources of primary energy. For a number of economic reasons, it was concluded that the availability of energy resources per se would not be sufficient to overcome the higher capital, operating, and marketing costs for a world-scale primary industry located in the state. However, it was also concluded that of all industries examined, the primary aluminum metal industry (the most energy-intensive) appeared to be the most likely to succeed in Alaska, assuming the future availability of a large block of low-cost hydropower. It was further concluded that, due to the trends in the domestic and worldwide aluminum industry and markets and the potential implications, a large electroprocess industry would have to interphase with Alaska's electric-power-supply planning; so, a more detailed analysis of that industry's potential was warranted. Thus, Volume II examines the aluminum industry in detail as a model locational analysis of an industry along with the environmental, economic, and electric-power implications. (ERA citation 04:030521)