Winners of First Ever Great Alaska Energy Challenge Announced

Four winners from Cordova, Homer, Palmer and Anchorage claimed victory during the first ever Great Alaska Energy Challenge, a contest organized by REAP and sponsored by AK Housing Finance Corporation which pitted teams from around the state against each other to see who could save the most energy. Ten teams participated in the six-month long inaugural Challenge. In the process, they saved an impressive amount of energy and money and educated students about energy. Combined energy efficiency and conservation efforts helped participants shave over $40,000 compared to last year[1], and avoided emitting over 500,000 lbs. of CO2. The City of Homer’s sewer treatment plant alone cut their energy use by nearly a sixth over the last year, saving enough electricity to power more than eight homes for one year. MORE

8th annual AK Renewable Energy Fair

Aug. 11 • Anchorage Parkstrip
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Don’t miss this annual FREE event on the Memorial Parkstrip in downtown Anchorage. Come down to enjoy the live music, crafts, organic and local food, informational booths, children’s activities and expert panels on renewable energy, do-it-yourself projects and energy efficiency. Registration for vendors starts June 1. Contact Erin Jones at 929.7770 or e.jones@realaska.org

Resource Development Council of Alaska Breakfast February 16, 2012: Renewable Energy Development in Alaska

Featuring: Chris Rose, Executive Director Renewable Energy Alaska Project

Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska

The Atlas, first released in 2006 by REAP and the Alaska Energy Authority, is the go-to guide for getting an overview of Alaska’s renewable energy resources and how they are being developed. It includes sections on biomass, geothermal, ocean, tidal, solar and wind power development. Also new in the August 2011 edition is a section on the Alaska Renewable Energy Grant Fund. The fund  has been a major stimulus for renewable energy development and has helped finance more than 130 projects from wind turbines in Quinhagak to a ground source heat pump system at the Juneau airport. Download the 2011 RenewableEnergyAtlasofAlaska(.pdf)

New How-to Guide for Community Wind for Alaska

REAP produced the Community Wind Toolkit for Alaska as a free how-to guide for any community in Alaska interested in wind power. The guide covers planning, financing, and construction as well as questions to ask, keys to a successful project, and project profiles from Alaska. Our hope is that this guide will be a valuable tool for communities interested in wind power, that it will provide the information needed to develop a wind project in Alaska and direct people to the appropriate resources to find out additional information. REAP also has printed copies of the guide available upon request at 907.929.7770.

Wind Toolkit for Alaska (.pdf)