July 19, 2012
By Lisa Demer | Anchorage Daily News: Look hard to the west from mainland Anchorage. The horizon is changing fast. Tall towers are rising up on Fire Island as Cook Inlet Region Inc. builds its long-talked-about wind farm. By the end of September, it is expected to be producing electricity — the first megawatt-scale wind [...] Read More
July 10, 2012
By Matt Buxon | Fairbanks Daily News Miner: A Senate working group representing the Interior, Anchorage and rural Alaska has announced plans to tackle the issue of expensive of gasoline and heating fuel in the state and come up with a solution that can be implemented next legislative session. The first of what’s planned to [...] Read More
June 26, 2012
By Dorothy Chomicz | Fairbanks Daily News Miner: Trucks will begin shipping components from Anchorage this week to build 12 wind turbines at the Eva Creek Wind Project near Healy. The trucks, which will only travel at night, will ship the turbine hubs and nacelles as well as the tower sections to Healy. From there [...] Read More
June 26, 2012
By Matthew L. Wald | New York Times: WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that heat-trapping gases from industry and vehicles endanger public health, dealing a decisive blow to companies and states that had sued to block agency rules. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of [...] Read More
June 11, 2012
By Diane Cardwell| New York Times: In California’s sun-scorched Central Valley, the monthly electric bill can easily top $200. But that’s just about what George Burman spent on electricity for all of last year. When the sun is shining, the solar panels on his Fresno condominium produce more than enough power for his needs, and [...] Read More
May 30, 2012
By Ed Schoenfeld|Coast Alaska News: The Southeast village of Kake is taking a serious look at alternative energy. It’s one of five Alaska communities in a federal program providing technical assistance to speed clean energy development. Kake, on northwest Kupreanof Island, has searched for energy solutions for decades. Much of the focus has been on [...] Read More
May 24, 2012
From Energy.Gov:WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the Obama Administration’s commitments to reducing America’s reliance on imported oil and protecting our nation’s air and water, the U.S. Energy Department and the Denali Commission announced today that five Alaska Native Tribes have been selected to receive technical assistance to accelerate clean energy project development and advance [...] Read More
May 23, 2012
By Shaina Kilcoyne | REAP: Four winners from Cordova, Homer, Palmer and Anchorage claimed victory during the first ever Great Alaska Energy Challenge, a contest 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, [...] Read More
May 22, 2012
By Ted Land | Channel 2 News: Alaska is about to get a boost of wind power. Project planners in both Kodiak and Anchorage are preparing for a busy summer of wind turbine construction. On a breezy day, the community of Kodiak gets just under 10% of its power from three turbines atop Pillar Mountain, [...] Read More
May 18, 2012
The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) teamed up recently for an analysis of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s (AHFC) Home Energy Rebate Program. There’s lots to read here and some good results. Alaska’s state government has spent an estimated $110 million since 2008 for better [...] Read More
