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The Arctic Energy Summit
International Polar Year 2007-2008
At the conclusion of the 2007 Arctic Energy Summit Technology Conference, presentations and other resource materials were posted to the conference website. The Final Report and Technical Proceedings, a written report to the International Polar Year committee, is now available.
The Arctic Energy Summit was convened by the Institute of the North and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State during the International Polar Year. The overarching goal of the Summit was to create a forum to engage in a dialogue on energy development in the Arctic. The Summit brought together the people of the Arctic to discuss, share and create a balanced approach toward sustainable extractive, renewable and rural power; with the vision of creating energy wealth while eliminating energy poverty.
Seventeen recommendations relating to the development of energy in the Arctic were generated from the Summit in two categories: technology and sustainability. The technology findings deal specifically with those results or conclusions that evolved from discussion and analysis of three Arctic energy technology challenges. The sustainability factors, an outgrowth of the discussion on sustainability at the Technology Conference, are critical to a successful and appropriately deployed Arctic energy project.
The focus of these recommendations is toward long-term sustainable development of energy in the Arctic, balancing the external and internal application of energy resources to the external and internal needs of the communities of the North. Treating the North as a whole assures cooperation across political boundaries and between unique and distinct cultures to meet the common needs of the people of the North.
February 2010: Final Report and Technical Proceedings
Prepared by James Hemsath, Senior Fellow for Energy
Final Report and Technical Proceedings (PDF format; ~ 7 MB)
October 2008: Interim Report
Prepared by James Hemsath, Senior Fellow for Energy
Interim Report on the Arctic Energy Summit, International Polar Year Project #299
August 14, 2008: Presentation by Senior Fellow James Hemsath
at the Conference of Arctic Parliamentarians
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Observations from the Arctic Energy Summit and Results from the Arctic Energy Action Team (PowerPoint slide show; 8.25 MB)
January 23, 2008: Presentation by Senior Fellow James Hemsath
at the Arctic Frontiers Conference
Tromsø, Norway
Observations from the Arctic Energy Summit and the Development of the Arctic Energy Action Team
(PowerPoint slide show; 8.11 MB)
October 31, 2007: Presentation by Managing Director Ben Ellis
to the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council
Vadsø, Norway
Arctic Energy Summit Technology Conference Post Conference Report
(PowerPoint in PDF format)
| Arctic Energy Technology Conference
15-18 October 2007
Anchorage, Alaska
The technology conference provided a forum for the presentation of international, interdisciplinary technical research papers on the Arctic as an emerging energy province. Technical papers covered the fields of extractive energy, rural power and sustainability of energy in the Arctic.
Arctic Energy Summit Technology Conference Agenda
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The conference was one of three components of the Arctic Energy Summit, an International Polar Year endorsed project and a Sustainable Development Working Group initiative of the Arctic Council. Through its three components, the Summit brought focus to the areas of developing resources while addressing the need for affordable energy in rural areas throughout the Arctic.
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1. An educational outreach program designed to be implemented through an Arctic energy bilingual (English/Russian) website. The site, www.arcticenergysummit.org, is populated with specific information on Arctic energy, the technology conference and action team recommendations. Upon securing adequate levels of funding, other educational activities may include funding undergraduate and graduate research work in the areas of Arctic energy and power; a graduate level Arctic energy course through the University of the Arctic; and the development of a web-based and interactive Arctic energy atlas that will include traditional extractive energy resources, as well as non-traditional renewable energy sources.
2. A technology conference component, set in Anchorage, Alaska October 15-18, 2007, brought together more than 300 researchers, academics, government leaders, industry representatives and residents of the Arctic for presentations of technical papers on significant Arctic energy research, panel discussions and keynote addresses on major policy areas of concern and/or interest.
3. The creation of an international Arctic energy action team charged with developing a roadmap for the enhancement of extractive energy recovery in the Arctic and the deployment of economical and environmentally sensitive energy sources to rural Arctic communities. As directed in the 2006 Salekhard Declaration of the Arctic Council, action team recommendations, including the identification of activities that the Arctic Council could consider for future attention, are to be presented at the 2008 Arctic Council Ministerial. For more information, contact Senior FellowJames Hemsath.
Please visit www.arcticenergysummit.org for more information.
Arctic Energy Summit brochure
Arctic Energy Summit Sponsorship Opportunities booklet
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