ACEP -Alaska Center for Energy & Power

News Archive

2021

March

• Residential Home Heating - in a Nutshell

• Bifacial Solar Panels Performance in Alaska Revealed

• New Research Paper Explores Grid Resiliency and Natural Disaster

• AEA Seeks to Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Network

• Cardboard Fuel Pellets Webinar – Feasilbilty through Pilot

February

• Indoor Air Quality - in a Nutshell

• Holdmann to Present at Commonwealth North Energy Policy Event

• ACEP Researchers Add to Lifelong Education Series

• Public Comment on Fort Wainwright Power Plant Upgrades Closes Feb. 22

• ACEP’s Research in a Nutshell

• New Report Shows EVs Perform Well in Cold Conditions

• Phylicia Cicilio Presents at UAA Professional Development Seminar

• Apply for DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research

• Igiugig Plans New Biomass Heating System

• Southeast Conference - Bouncing Back After COVID-19

• Community of Collaboration: UAA and UAF Partner on Energy Research

• ‘Picture a Scientist’ Screens on International Women in Science Day

• New Peer-Reviewed Paper Explores Resilience in Modern Electric Grids

• ACEP Teams Up with REAP and 365 SMART

• Wilber Leads Beneficial and Equitable Electrification Initiative

• ACEP Fellowship Explores Hydrokinetic Energy

• DOE Launches Spring 2021 Geothermal Collegiate Competition

• Small-Scale Nuclear Report for Alaska Published

• New Scholarship for First Nations Students

• DOE Funding Opportunity Looks to Offshore Wind

January

• HRV System Efficiencies Calculated in New Peer-Reviewed Paper

• Hydrogen-Eating Microbes More Efficient than Algae

• ACEP’s Michael Wise to Participate in PMEC Alumni Discussion

• Communities - Apply for Technical Assistance to Improve Energy Resilience

• Solarize Fairbanks is Kicking off the 2021 Campaign

• Homer News - Letters to the Editor, Murkowski helps advance clean energy in Alaska, nationwide

• ICE Seed Grant Assists in Wind-Powered Heat Pump Business Model

• Alaska Forum on the Environment Accepting Submissions

• Register Now for Southeast Conference Mid-Session Summit

• Alaska Electric Vehicle Workshop Report Now Available

• Informational Webinar for Community Technical Assistance Projects

• Informational Webinar for Community Technical Assistance Projects

• Your Data Can Expand Knowledge of Alaska’s Electric Vehicles

• Register Now for Biomass Energy Systems Course

• Happy New Year!

• ACEP Welcomes Erin Trochim to the Team!

• Register Now for Energy and Society

2020

December

• Happy Holidays From the ACEP Team

• Communities May Apply for Technical Help to Improve Energy Resilience

• Tom Marsik Remembers Todd Radenbaugh

• Register for the Alaska Energy Storage Workshop

• Peer-Reviewed Paper Explores Nanomaterial Porous Absorbers for Desalting

• CASES Webinar Series Kicks Off — Food, Energy, Water and Renewable Energy

• Micro Nuclear Meeting Discusses Fuel, Transportation and Disposal

• Innovation in the Arctic – An Interview with Nathan Prisco

• ACEP Joins American-Made Challenges Network

• ACEP Launches New Interactive World EV Map

• Start the New Year With a Utility Lecture Series

• Get Paid to Work with Water-Powered Energy Technologies

November

• ACEP Receives $3.3 Million ARPA-E Award for Hydrokinetic Testing

• Restoration of Kokhanok Wind-Diesel Microgrid

• Hydrokinetics Fisheries Video Recognized in UAF Award

• Student Interns Sought for ACEP Spring, Summer Program

• Apply Now for 2021 Arctic Innovator Program

• Buoy Maintenance Ensures Second Year of Data Collection

• Small Scale Nuclear Power: An Option for Alaska?

• URSA Award Funds Food, Energy, Water Security Modeling

• ACEP Storyteller Featured in Northern Soundings Radio Program

• Teslin Biomass Boiler Live Virtual Tour

• Solar’s Impact on the Alaska Economy

• Documentary Provides High School Learning Opportunity

• Village of Solomon is One Step Closer to a New Microgrid

• Broadband Connectivity Topic for Next Arctic Resilience Forum

• New Snow-Shedding Coatings Applied to Alaska Solar Panels

• Stoking the Flame: Subsistence and Wood Energy in Rural Alaska

• Wilber Inspires Budding Alaska and Space Engineers

• New Peer-Reviewed Paper Explores Nanoparticles in Solar Stills

• Apply Now for the DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships

October

• 3D Camera-Equipped UAV Produces Highly Accurate Mapping Images

• ACEP Partners on Heavy-Duty EV Demonstration Project

• New Partnership Will Strengthen Energy Resilience in Alaska Communities

• ACEP Battery Energy Storage System Brought Online

• Wilber Discusses Solar Power and Energy Resilience on iHeart Radio

• Register Now for Online Solar Basics Class

• Model Shows Solar Saves Money on Container Farm

• Arctic Innovator to Transform Alaska’s Maritime Energy Economy

• REAP Heat Pump Energy Webinar

• ACEP Collaborates on McKinley Fire Video

• Wilber Develops Electric Vehicle Charging Costs Calculator

• ACEP, Arctic Lab Partnerships, Arctic Energy Office … the ‘A’s’ have it!

• REAP Hosts Online Energy Webinar Series

• Arctic Council Hosts Resilience Forum

September

• PPE Emission Testing Wins Top Nanook Award

• Electrify Alaska Conference Goes Virtual

• Online Clean Energy Classes still available!

• ORCA Wins Highest Commercial Readiness Award

• ACEP Welcomes Christie Haupert to the Team

• ACEP Joins UAF in Welcome of DOE Arctic Energy Office

• Hydrokinetic Testing Gallops Along on Tanana River

• New Peer-Reviewed Paper Explores Thermal Storage in Solar Stills

• ACEP Webinars on YouTube

• Southeast Conference Goes Virtual

• New Peer-Reviewed Paper Explores Distributed Energy Hosting Capacity

• ‘Megatron’ Improves Lab Customer Experience and Collaboration

• Students - Join the Upstart Alpha Accelerator Cohort

• Joint Energy Analyst Position Open

August

• ACEP Needs Your Help!

• Senator Murkowski's Assistant Tours ACEP Facilities

• Join ANTHC’s Rural Energy Program: Hiring a Project Manager

• Colt Testifies at House Committee on Energy

• Survey Shows Homeowners Want Renewable Energy

• Register Now for UAF-Bristol Bay Campus Online Fall Energy Classes

• Stanford Seeks Input on Challenges to Microgrid Development

• ACEP Welcomes Colleen O’Neill to the Team

• ACEP Values Partnership with State’s Largest Solar Farm, National Lab

• Ensuring Medical Center Power During a Power Outage

• Internship Inspires a Future Utility Engineer

• TCC Hiring Rural Energy Specialist

• Yukon-Alaska Wood Energy Conference Postponed

• Fisheries Health Is Important in Hydrokinetic Research

• Stories Told From McKinley Fire

July

• Sound Waves Help in Hydrokinetic Deployment

• Solar Energy Internship for College Students

• Renewable Energy Fund Seeks Project Applications

• First Solarize Fairbanks Installations Complete

• REAP Launches Renewable Radio Podcast

• U.S. DOE Requests Input on Next-Generation Energy Storage Roadmap

• AEA Seeks Competitive Applications for Design of Wood Heating System

• Intern Explores Feasibility of Nuclear Microreactors in Alaska

• UAF Computer Scientist Tests Efficacy of Face Masks Against COVID-19

• Intern’s Code Can Avoid Freezing Pipes

• Intern Helps Reimagine Energy Security in Northern Communities

• Flooding Delays 2020 Hydrokinetic Fieldwork

• Real-Time Modeling of Inverter-Dominated Microgrids at ACEP

June

• ACEP Welcomes Phylicia Cicilio to Team

• 2021 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition Opens in August

• 2020 ARENA Cohort Announced, Bios Available

• Intern Assesses Energy Storage in Eagle

• Intern Analyzes Heating and Solar Energy in Utqiaġvik

• Alaska's Largest Rural Solar Project Nears Completion in Kotzebue

• Register Now for Electric Vehicle Workshop (1)

• ACEP Documentary to Feature on KUAC TV June 23

• Join ACEP’s Anchorage Team as Project Manager!

• Intern Helps Automate PCE Reporting for Rural Utilities

• Virtual EV Workshop Presentations and Recordings Online

• Research Collaboration Provides Excellent Internship Opportunity

• ACEP’s Utility Internship Program – Learning by Doing

• Intern to Help Make Solar Productivity Data Public

• CCHRC Joins NREL in New, Innovative Partnership

• Intern Helps GVEA Navigate Technologies to meet CO2 Reduction

• Discover ACEP’s World-Class Solar Research Program

• Intern to Help Utility Provide Reliable Power to Rural Customers

• Solar Power in Alaska May Be a Better Bet Than the Stock Market

• Intern Works to Encourage Beneficial Electrification in Alaska Community

• Intern Uses Drone Images to Map Coastal Permafrost and Erosion

• Workforce Development Crosses International Boundaries

• Register Now for Electric Vehicle Workshop

May

• ACEP Welcomes Back Nathan Green

• Memory Monday - An ACEP Musical Performance

• Shah’s Research Paper Published on IEEE Database

• Online Boot Camp Arms Participants with Valuable Microgrid Knowledge

• Carbon Reduction Study Progress Report and Public Comment

• Interested in Electric Vehicles? Save the Date!

• Virtual Microgrid Boot Camp Prepares Students for Utility Internships

• Time-Lapse Series Showcases Vertical Bifacial Solar Panels

• Whitney Promoted to Associate Research Professor

• Congratulations to our Graduating Students

• MicroFEWs Explores Community Affected by AMHS Cuts

• Tapping into Spring During a Time of Coronavirus

• Enroll Now - Energy Efficient Building Design and Simulation

• Fairbanks is Solarizing

April

• UAF Invents Tech to Fight COVID-19

• PMEC Directors Weigh in on Marine Energy

• Online Workshop: Replacing Diesel in an Alaska Community

• Solarize Fairbanks Seeks New Interested Residents

• ARENA Postpones 2020 Canada and U.S. On-Site Sessions

• ACEP, UAF Continues PPE Development for FMH

• Small Buoy Transmits Real-Time Wave Data from Cannon Beach

• Off-Grid Intermittent Energy

• Online Workshop: Electric Vehicles and e-Bikes in Alaska

• OneTree and ACEP provide birch-tapping supplies

• How UAF is Responding to COVID-19

• How Can Alaska Become More Food Secure?

• ACEP, PMEC Welcomes Mark Evans to Team

• ACEP, UAF Respond to Frontline COVID-19 Safety Needs

• Call for Proposals: Response to Coronavirus

March

• ACEP Adjusts to Remote Work

• Frequency Regulation and Skiing in the Backcountry

• Vodcast Provides Detailed Solar Economics and Information

• Solarize Fairbanks Continues and Adjusts in Response to COVID-19

• ACEP Offices Are Currently Closed to Visitors

• ARENA Candidate Interviews Underway, Program Plans May Be Adjusted

• New Senate Bill Could Ensure Reliable Electricity on Railbelt

• New Report Details Net Metering Increase on Railbelt

• Wilber Helps Southeast Community Plan for More Renewables

• ACEP Hosts Alaska Energy Authority Director

• University Takes Major Steps to Respond to COVID-19

• Why Solar PV Isn’t Always The Simple Solution

• ACEP Seeks a Purchasing and Travel Coordinator

• Homemade Personal Safety Measures Featured in New Article

• Grow Towers Send Students Upward Bound

• New Heat Exchanger Design Could Help Arctic Communities

• ARCUS Witness Features Beaufort LTER and MicroFEWs Research

• ACEP and GVEA Tackle CO2 Reduction by 2030

• Holdmann Testifies on Advanced Nuclear Reactors

• Electrical Engineer by Day, Social Leader by Night

• ACEP Second Place in First Annual Celebrity Dodgeball Tournament

• Save the Date for Wood Energy Conference

• ARENA Application Deadline Extended to March 1, 2020

• ACEP Seeks a Purchasing and Travel Coordinator

February

• BBC Features Alaska’s Solar Energy

• Chinese Embassy Representatives Visit PSI Lab

• Swiss Intern to Help Size Energy Storage Systems for Alaska Communities

• Heat and Power From Microreactors — An Ongoing Discussion

• ARENA Application Deadline Extended to March 1, 2020

• Snow-Shedding Coatings Added to GVEA Solar Panels

• ACEP Researchers Visit Wave Energy Simulator

• ACEP Farewell’s Tonya Evans

• New ACEP Film Highlights Kodiak’s Unique Microgrid

• In-Field Challenges Can’t Stop ORCA Installation

• ARENA Showcases Kodiak’s Lead in Energy Systems of the Future

• ACEP, MicroFEWs Community Films Air on KUAC TV

• Energy Audits Identify Potential Energy Efficiency Upgrades

• See ACEP Research This Week at the Alaska Forum on the Environment

• ARENA 2020 Explores How Iceland’s Renewable Energy Permeates the Entire Society

• Arctic Thermal Energy System Experts Discuss Major Threats and Hazards

• Denkenberger Student Awarded NASA Grant

• Solarize Fairbanks to Release Request for Proposals

January

• Radio Interview Explores Utility Internship

• You’re Invited: Alaska Electric Vehicle Working Group Jan. 30

• Fairbanks Communities Are Excited to Solarize

• Idaho National Lab Seeking Graduates for Fellowships and Internships

• ARENA Creates Knowledge Network to Benefit Arctic Communities

• Gwen Holdmann Featured in Australian Podcast

• Eloise Brown Joins AHERC Team

• Fairbanks Communities Are Excited to Solarize

• Denkenberger Awarded NASA EPSCoR Grant

• ARENA 2020 Shares Canada, Alaska, Iceland Energy Expertise

• ARENA Connects Energy Professionals

• Solarize Fairbanks Deadline Jan. 30

• Eye-Grabbing Poster Uses New Features, Fewer Words

• Happy New Year from ACEP

• Meet Our New Deputy Director for Operations

• Chapin Leads Goldstream Valley to Solarize Fairbanks

2019

December

• Apply Now for ARENA 2020!

• Apply Now for ARENA 2020!

• Happy Holidays From ACEP

• Solarize Fairbanks is Recruiting Interested Homes and Businesses

• CCHRC Seeks Energy Resilience Intern

• Study Authors Put Historic Wind Data on Web

• Is Alaska Missing a Renewable Energy Opportunity?

• Energy Detective Measures Residential Energy in Nunavut

• Students, Apply for ACEP’s Utility Internship

• UAF-Bristol Bay Sustainable Energy Program Online Classes

• Centennial Postdoctoral Initiative FY21