Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP)

ACEP’s 21 dedicated staff and 25 affiliated researchers ensure our research is relevant and world class.

Alaska leading the way in innovative production, distribution, and management of energy.

Solving Alaska’s Energy Challenges.

ACEP Offers Unique Testing Environments and Data Management Services.

ACEP Offices are currently closed to visitors and we apologize for the inconvenience. Many of our staff and faculty are working from home and some remain in the office, please bear with us as we work through this trying time.

The Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) based at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is dedicated to applied energy research and testing focused on lowering the cost of energy throughout Alaska and developing economic opportunities for the State, its residents, and its industries.

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ACEP in the News

| U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski - Alaska Communities Selected for Clean Energy Solutions Pilot Project

| Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Powering up Fairbanks: Solar initiative project is making it easier for homeowners to make the switch

| Alaska Journal of Commerce - Could small-scale nuclear power be a part of Alaska’s future energy mix?

| Alaska Public Media - Is Alaska ready to go nuclear? Is nuclear ready for Alaska?

| Delta Discovery - Murkowski helps advance clean energy in Alaska, nationwide

| Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - 10 Years Ago

| S&P Global - Daily Update: January 21, 2021

1/25/2021 | Homer News - Letters to the Editor, Murkowski helps advance clean energy in Alaska, nationwide

| Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Murkowski and clean energy

| KTVF - UAF hydrokinetic technology research bolstered by $3.3 million grant

| Pacific Marine Energy Center - Looking Back on 2020 at PMEC

| EIN Presswire - Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project Releases Technical Assistance Application

| CleanTechnica - Department of Energy Puts $35 Million into Hydrokinetic Technology

| KTUU - $3.3 million grant boosts UAF hydropower research

| Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - UAF seeks to tap into energy from rivers

| KUAC - Tanana Biomass as Important as Subsistence

| Renewable Energy Magazine - U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million in Funding for Hydrokinetic Turbine Development

| Environmental News Service - U.S. Renewable Energy Lab Energizes Remote Communities

| JDSpura - DOE Re-Opens Arctic Energy Office with Emphasis on Advanced Nuclear

| US Energy Department reopens Arctic office with focus on methane hydrates, microgrids and nuclear

| UAF to host federal Arctic Energy Office

| ArcticToday - A simmering Aleutian volcano could provide the breakthrough geothermal energy project Alaska has been waiting for

| ArcticToday - How remote Arctic communities can tap into river power

| Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Clean energy is vital to Alaska’s economic recovery

| Power - BESS System on Hybrid Microgrid Powers Remote Alaskan Community

| KUAC - Solarize Fairbanks Electrifies Homes Through Pandemic

| Alaska Business magazine - Solid Waste Services Awarded Nearly $700,000 to Fund Anchorage’s First Electric Garbage Truck

| Waste Today - Anchorage, Alaska, awarded grant to fund first electric garbage truck

| Municipality of Anchorage - Solid Waste Services awarded nearly $700 thousand grant to fund Anchorage’s first electric garbage truck

| Anchorage Press - Solid Waste Services awarded nearly $700 thousand grant to fund Anchorage’s first electric garbage truck

| KUAC - Electric Car Workshop Next Week

| UAF News - Chemistry department mobilizes to produce hand sanitizer for hospital

| DVIDS - Undersea Warfare Center Partners with University of Alaska Fairbanks for COVID-19 Preparation

| BBC - The world’s most unlikely solar farms

| Alaska Public Media - Solarize Fairbanks looks to buy solar power in bulk

| ADN - Do we really want to be on the wrong side of history on climate action?

| KUAC - Solarize Fairbanks Buys Solar In Bulk

| WebCenter11.com - UAF engineers implement fuel monitoring device in the Arctic

| Alaska Business Magazine — A Missed Opportunity?

| Alaska Journal of Commerce - Alaska’s largest solar farm opens in Willow

| Distributed Energy - What Is a Microgrid Today?

| URI Today - URI to host cyber-physical systems security workshop, Oct. 18-19

| Think Geoenergy - Webinar on low-temp geothermal use, Chena Hot Springs, Alaska

| KTUU - Researchers looking at renewable energy and food security in rural Alaska

| Navigant Research - The Circumpolar Arctic Leads the World in Microgrid Innovation

| Vox - The man who wants to save humanity from nuclear winter

| OilPrice - Is This The Future Of Alaska’s Energy Sector?

| PMEC News - Turbines and turbulence at UAF

| IEEE Spectrum - Alaska’s Engineering Colleges Prepare to Slash Programs, Lay Off Faculty

| Microgrid Knowledge - Alaska, Model of Microgrid Development, Delivers Resiliency in Cold, Remote Conditions

| Think Geoenergy - Agriculture could be Alaska’s way to utilise its geothermal resources

| Daily Herald - Alaska village will install new river power generator

| Associated Press – Alaska village will install new river power generator

| Valdez Star - Pondering the power of the ocean

| Webcenter11.com - New battery storage systems help bring energy stability to rural Alaska

| Webcenter11.com - Cordova cuts ribbon on new energy future

| Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - The nuclear option for Alaska energy

| Alaska Journal - Solar energy lighting up more of land of Midnight Sun

| Alaska Journal of Commerce - UAF Blue Economy Center designed to develop marine resources

| The Delta Discovery - Day 102nd of the Legislative Session

| KTVA - Award-winning Anchorage startup helps rural communities manage power though tech

| NewsMiner - Support the University of Alaska, oppose Dunleavy cuts

| Alaska Public Media - UA president Johnsen highlights achievements, challenges and budget woes during State of University address

| Juneau Empire — Pondering the power of the ocean

| Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner - Birch sap cooperative organizational meeting set for University of Alaska Fairbanks

| T&D World - Cordova’s Microgrid Integrates Battery Storage with Hydropower

| Solar Builder magazine, Feb. 5, 2019 — ‘Snowlar Builder: We look at the opportunity of solar development in Northern latitudes’

1/28/2019 | Chugach Electric Association Inc. Outlet — January 2019

| ORPC's Alaska village hydropower project seeks FERC license

| Alaska Public Media - Nuclear power in Alaska? Experts say it’s not as far-fetched as you think

| KTOO - A warming Arctic means a change of plans for offshore drilling project

9/24/2018 | The Nation - Alaska Is Ready to Move Beyond Big Oil

9/10/2018 | ADN - Commercial solar is about to become a reality in Alaska

9/03/2018 | KTUU - The economy of sunshine: Solar boom in Alaska proves prosperous

7/30/2018 | Alaska Public Media — Solarize Anchorage spreads solar across Airport Heights neighborhood

7/23/2018 | Sequim Gazette — Sequim scientists to study fish reactions to turbines as new partnership with University of Alaska Fairbanks

6/11/2018 | Military presence in Alaska strengthened as budget clears appropriations committee

6/11/2018 | US to grant USD 6.7m for hydro, marine energy innovation

6/11/2018 | EIN NewsDesk — Energy Department Selects Six Awardees for $6.7 Million in Marine Energy Funding

6/04/2018 | EIN NewsDesk — University of Alaska Fairbanks, PNNL ink collaborative agreement

6/04/2018 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner — Department of Energy pairs with UA in energy research agreements

6/04/2018 | UAF news — UAF, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ink collaborative agreement

5/28/2018 | KTUU - Solar project lights up Airport Heights community

5/28/2018 | KNBA - As Heard on Morning Line: Solarized Anchorage

5/21/2018 | KTUU - Solar growing exponentially across Anchorage as 2018 tour takes place

5/14/2018 | Diesel Technology Forum - Ready, Reliable and Renewable: Diesel Power a Key Part of Hurricane Preparedness

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