ACEP news
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Remote Alaska communities benefit from UAF renewable energy research
May 04, 2024
Alaska is a hotspot of innovation when it comes to energy. Many of those microgrids use renewable energy. And the Alaska Center for Energy and Power plays a part in the energy innovation pipeline.
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ACEP welcomes Deputy Director Ken Papp
May 02, 2024
Ken Papp joined ACEP in April as its new deputy director. He will assist Director Jeremy Kasper and the leadership team in managing researchers and staff and in overseeing the progress of programs, projects and their related budgets.
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T3 students expand their horizons through solar energy workshop
May 01, 2024
Twenty high-school students from around the state of Alaska learned how to harness the energy from the sun to power loads in their homes, camps and communities at a two-day Solar Energy Basics workshop in Anchorage.
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Design Energy-Efficient Buildings class offered May 10-12
May 01, 2024
An upcoming intro-level online class taught by ACEP's Tom Marsik offers basic, practical knowledge related to designing new energy-efficient buildings and retrofitting existing ones.
Solving Alaska’s Energy Challenges
ACEP works with Alaskan communities and industries as leaders establishing the energy systems of the future. Alaska’s remote off-grid systems present unique problems to generation, distribution and resource integration that have spurred microgrid innovations for decades.
Events
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Explore Arctic research on May 16
May 16, 2024
Join ACEP and other research programs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the Arctic Research Open House on Thursday, May 16.
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Betting Big: Investing in Emerging Energy Technology
May 07, 2024
Join us for a virtual workshop hosted by ACEP, leading up to the 2024 Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference.
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Register now for Alaska Sustainable Energy pre-conference workshop series
April 02, 2024
The topic of the free virtual Alaska Sustainable Energy pre-conference workshop in April is "Transmission and Distribution: The clean energy transitions secret weapon."
From the Grid
Dispatches from Alaska’s Energy Sector
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April 16, 2024
In mid-February, the frozen Yukon river appeared still and foreboding - large chunks of jumble ice jutting out from its surface. But underneath the ice, the water flowed. Stephanie Fisher and Leo Azizi from the Alaska Center for Energy and Power were there to measure the under-ice flow rate, the first step in determining whether locals could use this seemingly frozen river to generate electricity.
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Telling the story of Alaska's electrification
April 01, 2024
As an energy and environmental historian at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, much of my research has focused on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and its historical influence in Alaska and beyond. While conducting this research I kept finding fascinating and remarkable stories of Alaska's electrification. This book provided me the opportunity to offer a narrative of Alaska's electrical history and contemplate possibilities of electric futures.
Kotzebue home heating field study
Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are recruiting participants for a 24-month field study in Kotzebue. The study aims to reduce fuel oil use and home heating costs.