2023 Alaska Wind Workshop

September 7 - 8, 2023Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center - 600 W 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501

More than 120 people from across Alaska, Canada, Hawaii and the Lower 48 convened in Anchorage for the Sept. 7-8, 2023 Alaska Wind Workshop to discuss a range of issues, challenges and opportunities with developing and integrating wind power. Attendees included researchers, utility operators and managers from the Railbelt and remote communities in Canada and Alaska, legislators, turbine manufacturers, financiers,...

April 2023 Cook Inlet Energy Forum

April 13, 20236:30 pmAnchorage Museum - 625 C Street

What: An in-depth discussion about the energy challenges facing Cook Inlet, the renewable energy solutions available to us, and the roadblocks that are slowing that renewable energy development. Where: The Anchorage Museum (625 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99501). Who: Alaskan energy experts with intimate knowledge of Cook Inlet energy. When: Thursday, April 13th, 2023. Watch the event recording here. For...

January 2023 Cook Inlet Energy Forum

January 12, 20236:00 pmAnchorage Museum - 625 C Street

What: An in-depth discussion about the energy challenges facing Cook Inlet and the potential renewable energy solutions available to us. Where: The Anchorage Museum (625 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99501). Who: Two separate panels of Alaskan energy experts. When: Thursday, January 12th, 2023, from 6pm-9pm.

December 13, 2022 Alaska Wind Working Group Meeting

December 13, 202211:00 am

The December 13, 2022 Alaska Wind Working Group meeting featured a presentation about wind LiDAR deployment in Shishmaref as well as updates on the Department of Energy’s ETIPP program, the Renewable Energy Fund and Federal Infrastructure Bill Energy Programs, the Railbelt Wind Study, state Green Bank and Renewable Portfolio Standard legislation, and ACEP’s Railbelt Decarbonization study. Click below...

Energy Speaker Series: How Much Energy Do You Use?

November 2, 202212:00 pmZOOM

Have you ever wondered how to know how much energy you are using and what it is costing you? What do you use in your life that uses the most and what is costing the most? How do you read that electric bill anyway? Join us to try out a new online tool and the basics for measuring your energy use. When: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 12:00-1:00PM What: A free webinar style workshop to learn how to accurately measure how much...

Energy Speaker Series: CPACE in Alaska

October 19, 202212:00 pm

Anchorage is the first municipality in Alaska to set up a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program, and the first project under this program is in progress. Join us to hear from Melanie Lucas-Conwell, the new manager of Anchorage’s C-PACE program on the current state of the program, what else is going on around the state, and what we have to look forward to. We will also hear from James...

Energy Speaker Series: Small Scale Hydroelectric in South-central Alaska

October 5, 202212:00 pm

The first installment of the Fall Energy Speaker Series will bring Joel Groves (Polarconsult Alaska) and Dave Brailey (Brailey Hydrologic) to your screens to discuss the vast potential for small scale hydroelectric projects throughout South-central Alaska. Joel has many years of experience in the hydroelectric space and will discuss the vast potential and hurdles that exist in developing more small scale hydro....

Isolated Power Systems Connect

July 26 - 29, 20228:00 amCordova Center - 601 1st Street, Cordova, AK 99574

Thank you to all the speakers, attendees, and sponsors of the 2022 Isolated Power Systems Connect conference held July 26-29, 2022, in Cordova, Alaska. This year’s conference was sponsored by Canary Labs, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Chugach Alaska Corporation, Epcon, Denali Commission, and the University of Tasmania Centre for Renewable Energy & Power Systems. The conference was hosted and organized...

Wind Working Group Meeting – Apr. 6, 2022

April 6, 202211:30 am

The April 6, 2022 Alaska Wind Working Group meeting featured presentations about the Kotzebue and Kongiganak wind farms, updates on the state’s renewable portfolio standard legislation and regulatory policy, and an update from the Denali Commission and AK Center for Energy and Power.  Click below for the Agenda and Meeting Minutes, as well as a video recording of the meeting: