Renewable Technologies / Renewable Energy
Alaska’s primary biomass fuels are wood, sawmill waste, fish byproducts and municipal waste. Wood remains an important renewable energy source for Alaskans. More than 100,000 cords of wood are burned in the form of cordwood, chips and pellets annually. Wood-heating systems...
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With 16 percent of the country’s landmass and less than 0.3 percent of its population, Alaska’s unique geography has driven development of its energy supply infrastructure — power plants, power lines, natural gas pipelines, bulk fuel tank farms and related facilities. ...
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In 2008, the Cold Climate Housing Research Center published the first of two reports outlining recommended state programs, initiatives, and goals to reduce end-use energy demand and keep hundreds of millions of dollars in the state’s economy each year. That year, the state...
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Since 2006, we have published a comprehensive atlas detailing Alaska’s renewable energy resources in cooperation with the Alaska Energy Authority. The Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska contains maps of the state’s wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, biomass, and tidal energy...
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The Alaska Wind Working Group (AWWG) works to improve and expand Alaska’s wind systems by providing a platform for information sharing and collaboration with people both inside and outside of Alaska. We have facilitated the AWWG since 2005, bringing together state...
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We are proud to be a partner with the Sustainable Southeast Partnership (SSP), a diverse group of organizations working together on the challenge of sustainable community development in Southeast Alaska. The SSP is a growing collaboration of organizations whose common goal is...
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The Alaska Network for Energy Education and Employment (ANEEE) readies the state’s workforce to unleash Alaska’s clean energy potential. We identify gaps in the state’s clean energy education and training landscape, build up capacity and career pathways throughout the...
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Apart from the occasional din of airplanes and the year-round thrumming of diesel generators, the peace of Keex’ (Kake) is one of the most compelling qualities of this quiet Tlingit cultural stronghold in the middle of Alaska’s panhandle. Driven by the two-year-long...
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Residents in remote Southeast Alaska communities typically pay a considerably larger portion of their income for energy than do their more urban counterparts, due to the greater costs associated with providing heating oil and electricity to small, remote populations. Space...
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