ACEP news
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ACEP and partners advance northern collaboration with High Latitude Solar PV workshop
April 18, 2024
ACEP members and participants from nine countries gathered in Piteå, Sweden for the-first-of-its-kind workshop in mid-March, exchanging ideas on photovoltaic technology in high latitude regions.
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Celebrating our staff with UAF longevity awards
April 18, 2024
UAF annually celebrates the staff who support the university with longevity and recognition awards. Longevity awards were given to six ACEP members this year.
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Anchorage reveals two new electric garbage trucks
April 16, 2024
The Municipality of Anchorage's Solid Waste Services unveiled their two new Peterbuilt 520 fully electric garbage trucks at a public launch on March 20 at their facilities.
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ACEP team welcomes Will Fisher as the cyberinfrastructure lead
April 05, 2024
New ACEP member Will Fisher's primary job involves helping build and manage the cyberinfrastructure for ACEP.
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: Inventing 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.