April 30, 2010
By Christopher Eshleman at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Fort Yukon could turn to wood-fired power to ease its reliance on diesel fuel. Tanana could install wind turbines and start using half as much fuel within a few years.The Alaska Energy Authority published those scenarios and about 200 more, including cost estimates, this week. The report [...] Read More
April 26, 2010
By Kate Troll in the Juneau Empire: The Alaska Legislature passed two bills critical to securing Alaska’s energy future, and neither had anything to do with the natural gas pipeline. I believe that 10 years from now, the 2010 Legislative Session will be remembered not for the $3 billion capital budget or the rollback on [...] Read More
April 24, 2010
By Tim Bradner at the Alaska Journal of Commerce: Legislators brought a productive 2010 session to an orderly close a few minutes past midnight April 18. The adjournment was without the fireworks and blowups of past legislative closeouts, all the more remarkable given the tight 90-day session. Calm and collegial manners of House Speaker Mike Chenault, [...] Read More
April 23, 2010
By Kyle Hopkins at the Anchorage Daily News: Two prototype homes, one designed for the state’s wind-beaten coast and one for the Arctic, will be built in remote villages this summer as researchers look for low-cost answers to the housing crunch in rural Alaska. In rainy Quinhagak, where a recent report found that dozens of [...] Read More
April 23, 2010
Microsoft founder Bill Gates in the Washington Post: This country runs on innovation. The American success story — from Ben Franklin’s bifocals to Thomas Edison’s light bulb to Henry Ford’s assembly line to today’s advanced microprocessors — is all about inventing our future. The companies we ran, Microsoft and DuPont, were successful because they invested [...] Read More
April 21, 2010
This New York Times article by Henry Fountain talks about REAP member Ocean Renewable Power Company’s efforts to harness tidal power in Maine and Alaska. “Christopher R. Sauer stands before the swirling waters of the Western Passage and describes his company’s alternative energy vision, he doesn’t see an army of wind turbines or banks of [...] Read More
April 21, 2010
From the Accenture website: Consumers are not willing to allow electricity providers to remotely limit the use of their home appliances as part of electricity management plans without significant rate discounts, according to a report issued today by Accenture. The report also found that almost half of consumers would be deterred from joining electricity management programs [...] Read More
April 21, 2010
From the U.S. Department of Energy: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced support for energy-saving commercial building projects as part of an ongoing effort by DOE to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in the United States. With money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, DOE’s national laboratories will select and fund [...] Read More
April 21, 2010
By James Cartledge at brightenergy.org: Organic food retailer Whole Foods Market has announced a plan to cut its energy consumption by 25% per square foot by 2015. The company, which has its HQ in Austin, Texas, has been supporting wind energy projects through the purchase of renewable energy credits for the past three years, and [...] Read More
April 13, 2010
From Nathaniel Gronewold at the New York Times: The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 11,000 for the first time since stock markets began their nosedive 18 months ago. And the rebound in investor and trader confidence seems to be taking renewable energy and clean technology stocks with it. An uptick in the price [...] Read More
