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This spring, REAP’s Alaska Network for Energy Education and Employment developed and taught a new energy career visibility and readiness course for a cohort of 11th graders from the Lower Yukon School District. The Powering Your Future course built on a yearslong partnership...
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These non-utility companies are often private, for-profit entities that generate and sell power to electric utilities through power purchase agreements. But in rural Alaska, where markets typically aren’t large enough to entice private investment, consortium-backed and...
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Training coordination program People in Power (PIP) has been hard at work this spring. The initiative, funded by the Denali Commission, the Department of Energy’s Arctic Energy Office, and the Rural Alaska Community Action Program and executed by REAP, improves performance...
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A newly funded hydropower project 40 years in the making aims to bring energy security and resilience to Angoon. Regional partnerships, including a winter career fair, are empowering youth to play a central role in the community’s energy future.
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IPPs have brought hundreds of kilowatts of renewable power onto electric grids throughout Alaska, with plans for hundreds of megawatts more. These non-utility companies are typically private, for-profit entities that generate and sell power to electric utilities through power...
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What: An in-depth discussion with Alaskan energy experts about the immense renewable energy resources available in Cook Inlet and one developer’s efforts to harness them economically. Where: YouTube – watch the recording here Who: When: This free webinar was...
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What: An in-depth discussion with Alaskan energy experts about the ongoing work to develop local renewable energy projects and the myriad benefits they will bring to the rural Alaskan communities of Angoon and Chignik Bay. Where: YouTube – watch the recording here ...
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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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Much of Alaska is draped with immense timber stands in various stages of health, re-growth and succession. It’s like a 1000 piece puzzle still in the box. All the pieces are there. You can see the picture on the box. You can see the way all the...
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Kotzebue student and aspiring video game developer Kiana Norton is laying the foundation for an immersive video game that illuminates the challenges of maintaining and operating a clean energy microgrid in rural Alaska.
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People in Power (PIP) is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Arctic Energy Office, Denali Commission and REAP that works to improve performance at small, independent electric utilities in rural Alaska through targeted staff training. Independent...
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Gunalcheesh for Wooch.een. (Thank You for Working Together!)
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