Alaska Wind Working Group 

The Alaska Wind Working Group is a collaboration of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses and individuals  interested in identifying specific state concerns, barriers, and obstacles to wind development in Alaska. The group is dedicated to the smart and successful wind power development in Alaska, and is open to any interested party that supports the group’s mission. The Alaska Wind Working Group is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America program. REAP is the state facilitator for the group. For more information, contact Stephanie Nowers or call (907) 929-7770.
AK Wind Working Group Charter and Objectives (.doc)

Upcoming meetings:

May 14: Regional Wind Working Group meeting in Kotzeube
May 15: Wind Energy Application Training symposium (WEATs) in Kotzebue

Sept. 26, 2011 AK Wind Working Group annual meeting in Juneau

This half-day meeting included discussion of the Wind Working Group’s objectives, priorities and membership. Presentations were also given on wind energy training at the AVTEC facility in Seward, data collection, small wind (<100kW) and Railbelt wind projects.
Meeting agenda (.pdf)
Draft minutes (.pdf)

Presentations:
Railbelt Wind update (Rich Stromberg, Alaska Energy Authority) .pdf
AVTEC update (Fred Esposito, AVTEC) .pdf

Nov. 12, 2010 Annual Wind Working Group meeting in Nome

This no-cost, all-day working group meeting included discussions on wind generation in Alaska, project updates and the latest on turbine options for Alaska. Also on Nov. 11, there was a one-day Wind Energy Application Training Symposium for those interested in learning the basics of how to apply for, install and integrate wind systems into their communities. We have posted some of the presentations below, and hope to have the rest up soon. If there’s a particular presentation you are interested in and don’t see it here, please give us a call at 907.929.7770.

Nome Region Wind Resource Overview.pdf (Rich Stromberg, Alaska Energy Authority)
Making Wind Work for Alaska.pptx (Billy Muhando, ACEP)
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative.pptx (Brent Petrie, Anna Sattler)
Wind Fundamentals.pptx (Kat Keith, ACEP)
Bering Strait Region Energy Projects.pdf (Walter Rose, Kawerak Energy Specialist)
Hybrid power systems and integration.pdf (Ian Baring-Gould, NREL)

2010 Alaska Wind Project Updates.pdf