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In her 2016 self-published book, A Different Arctic Paradigm: Searching for Energy in the Far North, Gwen Holdmann opened with a question: “Well over a million people in the Arctic live in communities and locations where electric grids or pipelines do not reach. So what is...
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The challenges facing Alaska’s clean energy workforce, from tricky rural recruitment and retention to instructor shortages, are formidable. Yet the information gathered for REAP’s Powering Alaska’s Future: Opportunity Analysis of Clean Energy Workforce Challenges and...
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Alaska’s clean energy industry faces significant workforce challenges, influenced by statewide difficulties as well as industry-specific issues. And an insufficient local energy workforce severely impacts economic development across the state. High energy costs,...
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As shared in the first installment of our four-part series highlighting findings from that report, Alaska experienced comparatively high clean energy job growth rates from 2022 to 2024, despite starting from a relatively low share of clean energy workers within its larger...
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Headlines abound about Alaska’s dwindling workforce and migration losses. The state has faced a streak of net outmigration since 2012, with more people moving out of the state than moving in. The dip has been especially acute among working-age adults, fueling a record-high...
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Seniors compete in Native Youth Olympics (Photo: Ana McMenamin) Each year, S.N.A.P. Meet returns to take over the Newhalen School for a week in April, bringing together students from all over the Lake and Peninsula School District. Newhalen School Principal, Ed Lester, has...
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Staff at Alaska’s rural electric utilities work hard to keep their power on and communities running through difficult conditions 365 days a year. Keeping up with preventive maintenance and reporting requirements alone is often a huge task, much less integrating new...
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Renewable Energy Alaska Project’s Public Policy Committee has voted to endorse Dave Messier and Phil Wight in the 2026 election for the Golden Valley Electric Association Board of Directors. REAP’s decision to endorse candidates for the GVEA Board of Directors...
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Renewable Energy Alaska Project’s Public Policy Committee has voted to endorse Peter Crimp and Mitchell Michaud in the 2026 election for the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors. REAP’s decision to endorse candidates for the Homer Electric Board of...
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Alaska’s Renewable Energy Engineering Competition The Clean Energy Olympics is Alaska’s State KidWind Challenge. Young engineers in 4th through 12th grade build model wind turbines and solar-powered homes and compete for a chance to compete in the World KidWind...
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