July 6, 2011
Facility washed away by 2006 flood better than ever By Derrill Holly for ECT, July 5, 2011 Nearly five years after flash flooding ripped a co-op-owned hydroelectric project away from the banks of an Alaska creek, a larger, more efficient facility is producing electricity for its consumer-members. The Humpback Creek Hydroelectric Project is expected to [...] Read More
July 6, 2011
Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy News – June 30, 2011 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report showcasing numerous energy-saving products and technologies, made possible through DOE research and development, which are currently available in the market or projected to enter the marketplace in the future. Because buildings consume [...] Read More
July 4, 2011
*REAP note: REAP has compiled a searchable database of all the clean energy funding included in the capital budget. Click the link here and then look for the searchable database to download By Shane Iverson of KYUK: Scores of villages across the windy Yukon Kuskokwim Delta will get a chance to see if they can [...] Read More
June 30, 2011
Gov. Parnell on Wednesday approved $303 million in funding for renewable energy development, and for energy efficiency programs to make our homes, businesses, and schools more energy efficient. This funding will support development of wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass and other renewable resources from Nome to Anchorage to Kodiak; encourage development of emerging energy technologies, and [...] Read More
June 30, 2011
by Chris Eshleman for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, June 29, 2011 FAIRBANKS — Gov. Sean Parnell signed an annual statewide budget Wednesday that, despite some vetoes, promises millions to help Fairbanks with a nagging air pollution problem and boost renewable energy production. Parnell cut or reduced proposed spending for a handful of projects, including $6 [...] Read More
June 30, 2011
by Robert Woolsey for KCAW SITKA, ALASKA (2011-06-29) Considering the recent past, when the previous administration vetoed almost all of Sitka’s capital projects, the community this year will benefit from significant capital spending. Most notably, $28-million dollars budgeted for the Blue Lake Hydro expansion survived. Other projects in the capital list for Sitka that survived [...] Read More
June 28, 2011
by Jeff Richardson for Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, June 28, 2011 FAIRBANKS — After years of study, debate and anticipation, Golden Valley Electric Association is officially in the wind power business. The GVEA board voted unanimously Monday to approve the $90 million Eva Creek project, a 24.6 megawatt turbine farm planned near Healy. With an planned [...] Read More
June 27, 2011
Editorial by by Paul Reichardt for The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, June 26, 2011 A major news topic in Fairbanks in the past year or so has been the cost and availability of energy. Virtually all of us know someone who has either left or threatens to leave the community because of increased energy costs. Those [...] Read More
June 27, 2011
by Patti Epler for Alaska Dispatch, June 24, 2011 Southcentral utilities are working on a plan to begin importing liquefied natural gas by 2014, a measure they have now determined is necessary and a “high priority.” In a presentation this week to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, members of the Long Term Gas Supply Work [...] Read More
June 24, 2011
by Mark Del Franco on Thursday, 23 June 2011, for North American Windpower Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter used his time in office to build a new energy economy centered around public/private partnerships, research and development (R&D) initiatives, and economic development. Now out of office, he is spreading the message of how states can replicate [...] Read More
