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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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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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More than 2,000 students from 90 fourth through twelfth grade classrooms around the state participated in the 2024 Power Pledge Challenge, an initiative aimed at helping youth better understand energy use. Students competed for regional and statewide prizes while learning...
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Yaakwdáat. 13 feet of rain annually. Diesel – $4.49 plus tax and service fees. Electricity – $0.55/kWh. Consider Raven. Southeast Alaska’s first known energy hero who, through his own unique brand of trickery, wrested enormous power from...
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This summer marked an exciting milestone for REAP as we took the next step in combining our energy education and other community engagement efforts in Southeast Alaska. In Sitka, we combined our popular summer camp programming and work with local partners to engage community...
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Momentum has been building nationwide for cultivating energy literacy in K-12 classrooms. To continue that growth, 34 educators from 21 states gathered in June on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yedd’ha campus to learn about clean energy and lessons, methods, and...
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Inside Newhalen School, past puddles of melting snow outside, the main hallway was lined with duffels, sleeping bags, snow boots, and parkas. The gear was grouped under handwritten signs: “Tanalian, Perryville, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Igiugig, Meshik, Nondalton,...
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The 2024 Clean Energy Olympics was once again a hybrid event. Thirteen teams competed in-person on March 23rd at Begich Middle School and another ten teams presented their projects virtually in the week before the competition. Teams representing Anchorage, Wasilla, Girdwood,...
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To expand the energy literacy and skills of teens from the Lower Yukon, REAP led a collaboration of cross-disciplinary educators to teach a Home Energy Basics course at Kusilvak Career Academy this fall.
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Climatic anomalies notwithstanding, Southeast Alaska is typically a pretty soggy place year-round. Since time immemorial, the Residents of Sheet’ka (Sitka) have embraced the rain, while thriving on the abundance the rivers, forest and ocean surrounding them provides....
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Winners have been selected for the eleventh annual Power Pledge Challenge! Lori Holcomb’s 5th grade class at Talkeetna Elementary is this year’s statewide winner of the Power Pledge Challenge (PPC)! More than 2,200 third through twelfth grade students from 29...
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The Clean Energy Olympics (CEO) is a design competition that engages students in the engineering process through the lens of wind and solar energy. Throughout the Spring semester, students in grades 4-12 will build model wind turbines and solar devices with the support of...
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