People, Policy, & Finance / Energy Efficiency / Renewable Energy
With 16 percent of the country’s landmass and less than 0.3 percent of its population, Alaska’s unique geography has driven development of its energy supply infrastructure — power plants, power lines, natural gas pipelines, bulk fuel tank farms and related facilities. ...
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In 2008, the Cold Climate Housing Research Center published the first of two reports outlining recommended state programs, initiatives, and goals to reduce end-use energy demand and keep hundreds of millions of dollars in the state’s economy each year. That year, the state...
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Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy & Resilience (C-PACER) is an innovative financing program that enables owners of commercial and industrial properties to obtain low-cost, long-term financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy and resilience projects and then...
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Clean energy funds support the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency by helping remove market barriers and educating the public. State clean energy funds are supported through small, mill-rated utility surcharges called system benefit charges. Programs that...
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This semester, I embarked on the journey of getting an Occupational Endorsement in Sustainable Energy from the University of Fairbanks. The program and most of the classes are headed by Mark Masteller, a colleague and energy expert, but maybe more importantly, a...
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Apart from the occasional din of airplanes and the year-round thrumming of diesel generators, the peace of Keex’ (Kake) is one of the most compelling qualities of this quiet Tlingit cultural stronghold in the middle of Alaska’s panhandle. Driven by the two-year-long...
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Residents in remote Southeast Alaska communities typically pay a considerably larger portion of their income for energy than do their more urban counterparts, due to the greater costs associated with providing heating oil and electricity to small, remote populations. Space...
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