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Bulk Fuel Workforce Development Initiatives

Safe, reliable, and efficient bulk fuel operations are crucial for the successful operations of powerhouses, generators, and any integrated renewable technology in Alaska’s rural communities. But funding support for repairing or replacing bulk fuel facilities has been...

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Training for Successful Solar Microgrid Projects

The last few years have seen a fast acceleration in rural Alaska’s predominantly diesel-dependent microgrids integrating large-scale solar projects. With many more projects in the pipeline, there are important lessons to learn from earlier projects’ workforce training...

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Increasing Pathways For Energy Efficiency Careers in Alaska

Alaska consistently ranks among some of the most energy intensive and expensive states in the country. Wasted energy from poorly designed homes, leaky building envelopes, and aging housing stock is especially harmful in rural and remote areas, where energy costs often double...

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Uplifting Energy Education and Careers in the Lake and Peninsula Borough

Inside Newhalen School, past puddles of melting snow outside, the main hallway was lined with duffels, sleeping bags, snow boots, and parkas. The gear was grouped under handwritten signs: “Tanalian, Perryville, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Igiugig, Meshik, Nondalton,...

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Powering Your Future: Igniting Curiosity and Exploration in Energy Careers

This spring, REAP’s Alaska Network for Energy Education and Employment developed and taught a new energy career visibility and readiness course for a cohort of 11th graders from the Lower Yukon School District. The Powering Your Future course built on a yearslong partnership...

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Rural Independent Power Producers: Who and What Does It Take?

These non-utility companies are often private, for-profit entities that generate and sell power to electric utilities through power purchase agreements. But in rural Alaska, where markets typically aren’t large enough to entice private investment, consortium-backed and...

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People in Power Training Coordination in Full Swing

Training coordination program People in Power (PIP) has been hard at work this spring. The initiative, funded by the Denali Commission, the Department of Energy’s Arctic Energy Office, and the Rural Alaska Community Action Program and executed by REAP, improves performance...

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An Energy Secure Angoon: Catalyzing Career Pathways for Youth

A newly funded hydropower project 40 years in the making aims to bring energy security and resilience to Angoon. Regional partnerships, including a winter career fair, are empowering youth to play a central role in the community’s energy future.

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Home Energy Basics With a Hands-On Twist

To expand the energy literacy and skills of teens from the Lower Yukon, REAP led a collaboration of cross-disciplinary educators to teach a Home Energy Basics course at Kusilvak Career Academy this fall.

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An Array of Opportunities: Solar in Alaska

Solar power is an often overlooked option in Alaska due to the state’s long, dark winters. But a growing number of developers, electricians and engineers are expanding Alaska’s solar generation to take advantage of its sunny springs and summers. New tax credits for...

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Building Alaska’s Clean Energy Workforce with Kusilvak Career Academy

The Alaska Network for Energy Education and Employment regularly partners with Kusilvak Career Academy to promote clean energy career pathways to students from the Lower Yukon School District. Our recent energy efficiency day at KCA not only taught students about how to...

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Inuelectrix: Gamifying the Rural Alaska Microgrid Experience

Kotzebue student and aspiring video game developer Kiana Norton is laying the foundation for an immersive video game that illuminates the challenges of maintaining and operating a clean energy microgrid in rural Alaska.

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