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 2009 Arctic Council Ministerial.

The Arctic Energy Action Team, convened at the technology conference and working electronically through GoogleGroups, has identified the environmentally friendly development of coal, the potential use of tidal power and the challenge of reducing transportation costs in rural villages as Arctic themes to be address during 2008.  This international team of experts is charged with creating a business plan for each of the themes which will include the technologies needed, as well as addressing policy issues, the required human resources needed, environmental concerns, infrastructure, impacts of energy development upon the people of the North and energy security.

If you would like an invitation to join the team, please email project coordinators

Jim Hemsath  (jhemsath@institutenorth.org) or Ben Ellis (bellis@institutenorth.org) and you will be notified by email as to how to access the group.