🌱 Red Dog Mine secures state loan for solar and battery project
Red Dog Mine, Alaska Patch AM: a 2 min readHello Red Dog Mine! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
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- Red Dog Mine secures state loan for solar and battery project
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 15 and low of 7 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 13, low: 8.
- Friday: A little snow in the morning, with a high of 15 and low of 5 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• AEA approves $4.9 million loan for solar and battery project at Red Dog Mine (thealaskastory.com) — Red Dog Mine’s planned solar and battery system has secured a $4.9 million loan from the Alaska Energy Authority. The roughly $35 million project, scheduled for completion in late 2028, is expected to supply about 5% of the operating mine’s electricity needs, reducing diesel use while leaving diesel generators as its main power source. 
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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