With the March installation of a “wind-to-heat” heating system at the Shaktoolik water and sewer utility, ANTHC’s Rural Energy Initiative is continuing to create innovative approaches to lowering the energy costs of operating rural water systems. “Wind-to-heat” systems use extra electricity generated from wind turbines during peak windy weather to heat water for use in Arctic sanitation systems by transferring the energy through electric boilers in the water treatment plant. Combined with other energy upgrades, the project in Shaktoolik is ...