ACEP news
Sharing knowledge for energy transitions across the Arctic
November 16, 2024
Arctic energy experts gathered in Akureyri, Iceland, in mid-October for the Arctic Energy Forum, sharing best practices and lessons learned from various countries. The forum highlighted clean energy transitions for the Arctic.
Dannia Andrade brings her passion for equity to energy learning design
November 15, 2024
Dannia Andrade, an energy innovation learning designer fellow at ACEP, works on energy literacy and place-based and culturally responsive learning design, particularly for rural learners.
ACEP intern powers up community resilience with digital innovation
November 15, 2024
ACEP summer intern Allison Peng worked on a project that would find the intersection between computation and extreme environment research and that extended to developing educational resources to teach community members about power systems.
Summer intern explores marine energy through fieldwork and 3D printing
November 14, 2024
ACEP summer intern Jack Schuster worked on projects with ACEP's marine energy team, doing fieldwork and creating a 3D object from data.
Solving Alaska’s Energy Challenges
ACEP works with Alaskan communities and industries as leaders establishing the energy systems of the future. Alaska’s remote off-grid systems present unique problems to generation, distribution and resource integration that have spurred microgrid innovations for decades.
Events
Town Hall meeting will discuss carbon capture, use and storage in Alaska
November 19, 2024
Join ACEP and partners for a town hall discussion on CCUS and learn how Alaska's geology and new regulatory framework has the potential to support diverse carbon storage projects aligned with low carbon development.
Arctic Energy Forum 2024 in Iceland, Oct. 12-16
October 14, 2024
The Arctic Energy Forum 2024 will be held in Akureyri, Iceland, Oct. 14-16, prior to the Arctic Circle Assembly. A pre-conference education and policy tour is offered on Oct. 12-13.
Follow the Sun tour Aug. 13 in Anchorage
August 13, 2024
Join ACEP and the AgriSolar Clearinghouse on Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 9:30 a.m. for the Follow the Sun Alaska tour, part of a University of Alaska's agrivoltaics project in Houston, Alaska.
From the Grid
Dispatches from Alaska’s Energy Sector
Bringing my first solar PV project on-line for my grandfather
November 15, 2024
For decades, solar energy was discounted in Alaska. However, steep decline in solar photovoltaic prices and improved performance of batteries to store excess solar production has led to a mini-boom in recent solar PV deployments in Alaska. Ed Bifelt, founder of Alaska Native Renewable Industries, has been leading the charge for bringing the largest solar PV projects in the state to rural and remote microgrids. This is an excerpt from his chapter in the forthcoming University of Alaska Press book Alaska's Energy Innovators.
To be the best utility: Reflections from former AVEC president and CEO, Meera Kohler
October 11, 2024
Providing reliable power service to rural Alaska faces many geographic and economic challenges unique to the far North, including: vulnerabilities to supply chain disruptions, the high cost of diesel fuel, and limited resources to name a few. AVEC, however, has been successful in addressing these challenges through innovative organizational solutions as well as the early adoption of new technologies. Many of these solutions were wrought by former AVEC president and CEO, Meera Kohler.
September 26, 2024
Over his 11 years at ACEP, Chris consistently promoted renewable energy initiatives, always finding the right tool -- whether that was a strategic partnership, an international collaboration or a set of pyranometer wires. His transition to a new role with Renewable IPP marks the end of an era at ACEP.
Kotzebue home heating field study
Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are recruiting participants for a 24-month field study in Kotzebue. The study aims to reduce fuel oil use and home heating costs.
