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Wind Working Group Meeting – Jan. 26, 2022
Click below for the meeting presentations slide decks and a video recap:
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Alaska Tsunami! The Wave of the Future
Students are researching climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies for the annual Tsunami Bowl competition, including renewable marine energy. What do Earth’s oceans, climate and energy have in common? Students will share their answers to this and many other...
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Sealaska and AP&T – Working Together
Sealaska recently joined forces with Alaska Power and Telephone (AP&T) to boost the adoption of clean, safe efficient air source heat pumps to heat homes in communities served by AP&T. By adding a $500 rebate for shareholders to AP&T’s existing $500 heat...
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Forging Ahead: REAP’s Education Initiatives
Like year’s past, participating classes will receive an energy efficiency presentation and conduct an electricity measuring lab. From there, teachers can dive as deep as they want depending on time and subject matter alignment. Numerous monthly and project-long...
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Prince of Wales – POWered by Renewable Energy
Alaska is a magical place. Beautiful, big and remote. Especially Taan, Sea Lion (Prince of Wales Island). In June 2021, I was lucky enough to tour this sprawling island as a part of REAP’s project with the Sustainable Southeast Partnership. And to see first-hand...
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REAP’s Mid-Year Highlights
Reflecting on the first half of 2021, REAP has made progress on sharing our clean energy message, increasing energy literacy in K-12 students and furthering energy policies that facilitate clean energy development in Alaska. Presentations are a large part of how we...
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AK EnergySmart Website Has a Facelift – Just in time for Power Pledge Challenge!
Educators can view and download lesson plans (for free!) designed to give Alaskan youth an understanding of the high economic and environmental costs of power generation and the importance of conserving energy at home and school. Lesson plans are broken down into K-2, 3-5,...
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Two of REAP’s organizational members, Homer Electric Association (HEA) and ORPC, are making moves to advance tidal energy in Cook Inlet
REAP members, ORPC and Homer Electric Association (HEA), are committed to advancing tidal energy and are working together to achieve this goal. ORPC signed a joint development agreement with HEA who plans to purchase power generated by ORPC from a pilot tidal project in the...
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Summer of STEM
Starting in April, the STEM team began reconnecting with students in the classroom again. Colleen and Tyler started off with a few live presentations at Romig and Central Middle Schools in Anchorage. Tyler even found himself teaching from under a desk after the classroom was...
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Alaska teams place second and fifth at National KidWind Challenge
Middle schoolers from Wasilla placed second and fifth at the National KidWind Challenge, held virtually June 7th through 10th. The Alaska teams from American Charter Academy, called The Georges (2nd) and AK Hurricane (5th), were coached by their science teacher Carol Drake,...
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Videos: Alaska’s Green Bank Legislation Explained
In April 2021, Governor Dunleavy introduced the Alaska Energy Independence Act (SB 123) to establish a green bank within Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA). To explain what this legislation means, REAP hosted a Q&A webinar session. REAP...
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REAP in the News
REAP was highlighted in various news articles over the past few months. Check out our projects and stories below. REAP has advocated for a Green Bank for years and, this spring, coordinated with the Governor’s office on a bill that would use state funds to leverage...
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