- Date
- 1996-04
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- energyinfrastructureenvironmenteconomycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1996 Beaver Beacon presented Tom Stanton’s recommendations for the proposed Beaver Island biomass system: first reduce demand through conservation, then use performance-based bidding and potentially start with smaller generators serving the sawmill and transfer station.
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This is planning commentary, not an engineering design, contract, or operating plant record.
Sources
- Summarizes Tom Stanton’s recommendations for an island-wide conservation campaign, performance-specification bidding with Wolverine Power, and a soft start using smaller generators near the sawmill and transfer station. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1996-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the energy-planning article.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island energy planning considers conservation and smaller biomass generators in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-energy-power-lines-performance-specifications-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1996, “Power Lines.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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