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Executive Summary

6 Jan 2021

The Arctic is full of energy resources – from oil and gas to renewable resources such as wind, solar, hydrokinetic and geothermal – yet peoples of the Arctic pay some of the highest energy prices in the world. [...] Some of the fields in the Arctic will definitely be safe enough to develop if governments and industry conduct rigorous risk management, utilize the best technology and practices, and collaborate across the public and private sectors. [...] www.arcticenergysummit.com 9 Russian Tidal Power Development in the Arctic Coastal Zone This paper overviews tidal power development in the Russian Arctic including the Mezenskaya scheme in the Mezen Bay of the White Sea, the design of the Severnaya tidal power plant in the Dolgaya Bay on the Kola peninsula, and presents examples from the Kislogubskaya (Murmansk) pilot tidal power plant built in 1. [...] The aim is to analyze the development and adequacy of the Norwegian oil spill response in the light of northward expansion. [...] Arctic nations are fully aware of the challenges ahead, which include the number and capacity of crews and equipment in the case of a spill; the peripheral nature of Arctic coasts; the significant lack of infrastructure in much of the Arctic; technical challenges of oil in and under ice; questions of recovery rate of oil in Arctic; and cooperation across borders.
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31
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United States of America