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In summary, Dr. Wight’s paper (available online here), “asks: how did the Railbelt electrify and become a grid? The paper finds that Alaskans, with the indispensable support of the federal government, built 2.7 gigawatts of generation and over 1,600 miles of...
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On Friday, April 4th, 2025, Renewable Energy Alaska Project’s Public Policy Committee voted to endorse Mark Masteller for re-election to the Matanuska Electric Association (MEA) Board of Directors. REAP’s decision to endorse a candidate for the Matanuska Electric...
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On Friday, April 4th, 2025, Renewable Energy Alaska Project’s Public Policy Committee voted to endorse Erin McKittrick and Mitchell Michaud for election to the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors. REAP’s decision to endorse candidates for the Homer...
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Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) is seeking a Microgrid Project Manager to work with remote Alaskan communities, national laboratories and other partners to help transition rural microgrids to more resilient energy systems. Location: Location: Anchorage, Alaska, with...
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House Bill 153 and its companion bill, Senate Bill 149, would establish an RPS for Alaska’s Railbelt, requiring the region’s electric utilities to diversify their generation portfolios and generate an increasing percentage of their electricity from renewable...
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Six Alaska teams have been invited to the World KidWind competition after 28 teams competed in person and virtually for the top spots in Alaska’s Clean Energy Olympics. Elementary, middle, and high school teams across the state built model wind and solar projects and...
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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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