October 10, 2011
By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska: When you’re trying to tap geothermal energy, for heating or electrical generation, you’ve got to consider a number of factors. “The temperature is the obvious one. Flow rate is really important too,” says Gwen Holdmann, director of the University of Alaska’s Center for Power and Energy. She spoke at the recent Rural [...] Read More
October 7, 2011
By Jill Burke of Alaska Dispatch: As the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) listens to arguments about whether Chugach Electric Association should be allowed to incorporate wind energy into its power portfolio, another government body – the FAA – is taking steps to make sure development on Fire Island won’t interfere with navigation signals beamed [...] Read More
October 7, 2011
By Edward W. Lempinen, American Association for the Advancement of Science: DILLINGHAM, Alaska—Tom Marsik and Kristin Donaldson are building a house a few minutes’ drive from the center of this small city, a two-story model with peat-brown vinyl siding that blends easily with the yellows and golds of the tundra in early [...] Read More
October 4, 2011
By DAVID JOLLY for the New York Times: If Parisians can share bicycles, why not cars, too? Bertrand Delanoë, the Socialist mayor of Paris, and the billionaire investor Vincent Bolloré think they will. To that end they have begun an ambitious new electric-vehicle partnership called Autolib, extending the city’s effort to reimagine urban mobility and improve [...] Read More
September 30, 2011
Jill Burke of Alaska Dispatch: As the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) listens to arguments about whether Chugach Electric Association should be allowed to incorporate wind energy into its power portfolio, another government body – the FAA – is taking steps to make sure development on Fire Island won’t interfere with navigation signals beamed [...] Read More
September 30, 2011
Jill Burke of Alaska Dispatch: A third floor room in an office building in downtown Anchorage was breezy Tuesday as dark-suited attorneys aired arguments for and against allowing a new wind farm close to Anchorage to sell power to the state’s largest electric utility. Chugach Electric Association, Inc. needs approval from the Regulatory Commission [...] Read More
September 30, 2011
By Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage | September 28, 2011 This week, the power purchase agreement between Chugach Electric Association and the Fire Island Wind Project has come before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska for its needed approval. But if Tuesday’s opening statements are any indication, the [...] Read More
September 30, 2011
By Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka: An apartment building for senior citizens in Kake will get $50,000 from the federal government to improve energy efficiency. The Kake Elderly Apartment Building has 12 units and serves low income tenants over the age of 62. The money is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development arm, [...] Read More
September 21, 2011
From Alaska Dispatch: WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is accelerating clean energy innovations in an effort to reduce risks to America’s military, enhance energy security and save money, according to a report released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts. “From Barracks to the [...] Read More
