2014 News archives

December

• Energy Technology Facility Tours
• “Alaska Leads the World in Microgrid Deployments”
• AHERC Director Attends 2014 AGU Fall Meeting
• Nuclear Energy for Remote Applications Presentation Recording Online
• Dr. Jeff Chamberlain’s Presentation on Battery Technology Online
• Energy Technology Facility Tours Last Week
• Pilgrim Hot Springs Focus of News Piece
• ACEP Director Travels to Florida to Attend Conference
• A Message from the AHERC Director
• ACEP Affiliated Intern Presents Project Defense
• Energy Technology Facility Tours Last Week
• ACEP Student Researcher Position Opening
• Rocket Stove Workshop Offered by CES
• ACEP Researcher wins 2014 UAF Engineering Innovation Grant
• Gwen Holdmann Travels to Washington DC
• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Update
• 2015 ACEP Summer Internship Update
• ACEP Advisory Committee Meets at UAF

November

• Jeremy Kasper Named Co-Director of NNMREC
• ACEP Researcher George Roe Visits Juneau
• ACEP’s George Roe and Cooperative Extension’s Art Nash Attend Seward Energy Fair
• An Hour with an Expert: Beyond Lithium-ion Batteries What's Next? U.S. DOE's Battery Research Program
• Pilgrims Progress Update Geothermal Potential Alaska
• Jeremy Kasper travels to Washinton DC
• National Petroleum Council Meets at UAF
• Gwen Holdmann Interviewed on NPR
• ACEP Researchers Featured in New UAF Television Commercial
• Energy Technology Facility Tours Last Week
• Pilgrim Hot Springs Flow Test Results Featured on KNOM Radio Mission
• Researcher Travels to Southeast Alaska
• GUEP Competition Stage 2 Application Submitted
• ACEP Director Travels to Philippines
• Arctic Day at UAF
• AHERC Director Travels South to the “Northwest” United States
• ACEP Outreach Team Visits School at Eielson AFB
• ACEP Researcher Travels to Guam
• Researcher Travels to Canada to Attend ICOE Conference
• ACEP to Meet with Members of Mary’s Igloo Native Corporation
• Energy Technology Facility Tours Last Week

October

• ACEP Researchers Meet with Pilgrim Hot Springs Land Owners
• Flywheel Testing Resumes
• Nuclear Power for Remote Areas Presentation Online
• Fairbanks North Star Borough selected as a Finalist for Energy Prize
• Pilgrim Hot Springs Documentary to Air at Later Time
• Nuclear Energy for Remote Applications
• Rocket Stove Workshop offered by Cooperative Extension Service
• ACEP’s Economist Travels to Wisconsin
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• Biomass Coordinator Attends All-Energy Australia Conference
• Pilgrim Hot Springs Documentary on 360 North
• Outreach Team Visits Tanana Middle School
• Flywheel Testing Update: Commissioning
• ACEP Director Gwen Holdmann Participates in “Week of the Arctic”
• ACEP Researcher attends GRC Annual Meeting

September

• 2014 Alaska Rural Energy Conference a Success
• Alaska Rural Energy Conference in KUAC Article
• Flywheel Testing Update: Installation
• UAF Institute of the Northern Engineering Solutions Summit
• ACEP Researcher Daisy Huang Traveled to Tanana for Biomass Boiler System
• ACEP Researcher George Roe Traveled to Washington DC
• Pilgrim Hot Springs Update
• Flywheel Test at the Energy Technology Center
• Alaska Rural Energy Conference This Week!
• ACEP Researcher Daisy Huang to Travel to Tanana for Biomass Boiler System
• ACEP Researcher George Roe to Travel to Washington DC
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• Alaska Rural Energy Conference Next Week!
• AHERC Receives DOE Funds
• Biomass Brown Bag Lunch: September 16th Speaker Brita Mjos
• Flywheel Test at the Energy Technology Center
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• NATO-CODEL Visits UAF
• 2014 Alaska Rural Energy Conference Speaker Highlight: Brian Rogers, UAF Chancellor
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Logbook Project Update
• Biomass Boiler Performance Evaluation Study
• 2014 Alaska Rural Energy Conference Speaker Highlight: AlexAnna Salmon, President and Acting Administrator, Village of Igiugig Tribal Council

August

• United States Secretary of Energy Pays a Visit to ACEP
• ENVI F220 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Course Offered
• Flywheel Testing Update: Installation
• ACEP Intern Spotlight: Haley McIntyre
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Update
• Renewable Energy Fair at Chena Hot Springs Resort
• ACEP Team Partners with Boise State University for Efficiency Assessments in Kodiak
• ACEP Researcher George Roe to Speak at Renewable Energy Cluster Working Group
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Logbook Project Update
• ACEP Director, Gwen Holdmann, Visits DC
• ACEP’s Brendan Babb Presenter at Anchorage Science Pub
• ACEP Featured in July 2014 Article of Alaska Business Monthly
• ACEP Researcher Jeremy Kasper on Beaufort Sea Research Cruise
• National Microgrid 2014 MVP Challenge
• ACEP Researchers to Visit Kodiak
• ACEP Research Manager Brent Sheets Attends Conference
• ACEP Researcher Tom Johnson to Travel to Maryland
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP Intern Spotlight: John Venables
• Patricia Phillips, City of Pelican Mayor to Speak at Alaska Rural Energy Conference
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Logbook Project Update

July

• Flywheel Testing Update: The Flywheel has Arrived at the ETF
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• Update from Daisy Huang at NREL in Golden, Colorado
• Speaker for the Alaska Rural Energy Conference awarded Humanities Medal by President
• ACEP Researcher helps Improve Bus Transit in Anchorage
• ACEP’s DC&M Program Visits San Francisco with Brendan Babb
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• Pilgrim Hot Springs Geothermal Exploration Project as told by Frontier Scientists
• ACEP Intern Spotlight: Nathan Green
• ACEP Nuclear Research Collaboration with INL
• ASRA Students to Tour ACEP Energy Technology Facility
• New Keynote Speaker Confirmed for the 2014 Alaska Rural Energy Conference
• Passing the Paddle: A New Director Takes the Helm at AHERC
• ACEP Researcher Spotlight: Jeremy Kasper, AHERC Program Director
• ACEP Intern Spotlight: Sam Tappen
• Daisy Huang Visits NREL in Golden, Colorado
• Pilgrim Hot Springs Research Videos
• ACEP Intern Spotlight: Ana Thayer
• ACEP Summer Internship Program: Tour of Aurora Energy’s Power Plant
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Logbook Project Update

June

• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Update
• Fourth of July Holiday
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP Intern Spotlight: Cory Luker
• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Update
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP Summer Internship Program: Field Trips
• ACEP Intern Spotlight: Brita Mjos
• 2014 Alaska Rural Energy Conference: New Tour Options
• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Update
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Logbook Project Update
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP Summer Internship Program: Energy Focused Fridays
• ACEP Intern Spotlight: Jeff Roba
• ACEP’s LinkedIn Page is Now LIVE
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site Update
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Logbook Project Update
• ACEP at Work: Yakutat Wave Assessment Project Update
• ACEP Affiliate with the UAF Cooperative Extension Service Returns from Taipei
• Adak Visit Planned for ACEP Researcher
• Energy Technology Facility Tours Last Week
• 2014 KidWind Challenge Winners Announced
• ACEP Welcomes its New Summer Interns
• AHERC at Work: Tanana River Test Site Update
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Logbook Project Update
• Energy Technology Facility Flywheel Test
• Annual Advisory Committee Meeting

May

• UAF Engineering Building Topping Off Ceremony
• Memorial Day Holiday
• KidWind Challenge Wraps up in Angoon, Alaska
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Logbook Project Update
• Tanana River Test Site Weekly Update
• Energy Technology Facility Tours This Week
• Power Systems Integration Lab Program Director Travels to Europe
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Logbook Project Update
• ACEP to Attend UVIG Workshop in Anchorage
• SISE Internship Opportunity
• ACEP Researcher Spotlight: George Roe, Research Professor
• Energy Technology Facility Ramps up for Hatch Flywheel Test
• The North Slope Export Gasline: Myths, Truths, and Dreams
• ACEP Researcher Spotlight: Antony Scott, Senior Economist and Energy Analyst
• 16th Arctic Roundtable on Science Education in Alaska
• ACEP Researcher Attends AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014 Conference
• UAF Staff Appreciation Day
• ACEP Researchers Speak at Cooperative Extension Service Workshops
• Gwen Holdmann Travels to South Africa to attend Clean Power Africa Conference
• ACEP Researchers Travel to Kodiak as Part of the Emerging Energy Technology Fund
• ACEP Researcher Travels to Las Vegas in Support of DOE Wind Competition
• Chris Pike Featured in KCAW.org Local News

April

• Alaska Native Village Energy Development Workshop, April 29th & 30th, 2014
• ACEP in Sitka and Angoon, Alaska
• Energy Technology Facility Tours This Week
• The KidWind Challenge and ACEP in the Community Programs Travel to Sitka and Angoon
• ACEP Researcher travels to British Columbia to Participate in Energy Storage Panel Discussion
• ACEP Director Travels to Anchorage for REAP Advisory Council Meeting
• Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Internship Opportunities Available
• Community Energy Lecture Series: Bringing Natural Gas to a Neighborhood Near you - An Update on the Work of the Interior Gas Utility
• Exploring Energy Efficiency & Alternatives: Cooperative Extension brings Montana Curriculum to the Interior
• Biomass Brown Bag Lunch CANCELED for April
• Soft Registration Deadline for the 2014 Alaska Wood Energy Conference is Friday, April 11th
• Registration is Now Open for the 2014 Alaska Wood Energy Conference
• Jeremy Kasper to Speak on Hydrokinetic Power in Alaska at UAF Research Showcase Seminar
• Energy Technology Facility Tours This Week
• ACEP Deputy Director Testifies Before Alaska Legislature
• AHERC Team Attends 2014 Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference in Seattle
• ACEP Economist to Attend Innovating Energy Access for Remote Areas Conference; Berkeley, California
• ACEP at Work: Yakutat Wave Assessment Project Update
• ACEP Director to attend 2014 Clean Energy States Alliance meeting in California
• Cordova Energy Efficiency Study
• Business of Clean Energy in Alaska, May 1st to 2nd, 2014
• Energy Technology Facility Tours This Week
• 2014 Alaska Rural Energy Conference, Fairbanks, September 23rd -25th

March

• The 2014 Alaska Wind Integration Workshop took place on March 20th and 21st
• Gwen Holdmann Presents to House Special Energy Committee
• Showcase Your Clean Tech Research At the inaugural Clean Technology Showcase
• ACEP Sponsor’s the Alaska Wood Energy Conference
• George Roe Travels to Vancouver to attend GLOBE 2014
• Save the Date for the 2014 Alaska Rural Energy Conference
• Registration Closed for the 2014 Alaska Wind Integration Workshop
• March Biomass Brown Bag Lunch
• Energy Technology Facility Tours This Week
• Tour of Universal Welding’s Coal Fired Boiler Project Monday, March 17th and Wednesday, March 19th
• A Call for Scientists and Researchers Interested in K-6 Outreach Opportunities
• Antony Scott Travels to Nome
• SPRING BREAK!!!
• ACEP's March 18th Community Energy Lecture Series Presentation CANCELED
• Pilgrim Hot Springs Geothermal Assessment Work Continues
• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Logbook Update
• UAF Resource Assessment and Feasibility Study
• 2014 Alaska Wind Integration Workshop (Early Registration Ends March 10th)
• AEA Sponsored Biomass Heating Integration Workshop a Success
• ACEP Sponsor’s the Alaska Wood Energy Conference
• Marc Mueller-Stoffels to Speak on Microgrid Integration at UAF Research Showcase Seminar
• AEA Sponsored Biomass Heating Integration Workshop begins THIS MONDAY, March 3
• 2014 Alaska Wind Integration Workshop
• ACEP Sponsor’s the Alaska Wood Energy Conference
• ACEP Researchers in Nome for REACH Science Camp
• ACEP Researchers Return from Microgrid RODEO (Research On Distributed Energy Operations) Summit
• Luis Miranda Joins the ACEP Team

February

• ACEP Attends ARPA-E Conference in Washington DC
• Brendan Babb Joins ACEP Team
• ACEP’s KidWind Challenge Online
• ACEP Summer Internship Program, 2014 (LAST WEEK TO APPLY)
• ACEP Attends Microgrid RODEO Summit in Texas
• Alaska Rural Energy Conference (Fairbanks) September 23rd 25th , 2014
• AEA Sponsored Biomass Heating Integration Workshop, March 3rd & 4th
• Energy Technology Laboratory Tours This Week
• ACEP Sponsor’s the Alaska Wood Energy Conference
• ACEP Capabilities and Test Facilities Virtual Tour
• An Hour with an Expert
• Community Energy Lecture Series: Eva Creek History and First Year Observations by GVEA
• Pellet/Coal Fired Boiler Capabilities - Biomass Brownbag Lunch, Feb 18
• Alaska Rural Energy Conference (Fairbanks) September 23rd 25th , 2014
• ACEP Summer Internship Program, 2014
• Society of American Forests Technical Presentation by Amanda Byrd
• AEA Sponsored Biomass Heating Integration Workshop, March 3rd & 4th
• 2014 Alaska Wind Integration Workshop
• 2014 Alaska Wind Integration Workshop
• Community Energy Lecture Series: Eva Creek History and First Year Observations by GVEA
• We’ve Moved! ACEP’s New Web Address is http://acep.uaf.edu
• From Natural Gas to Hydrokinetics Energy Options for Alaska’s Communities: Presentation to House Special Committee on Energy
• REAP Clean Energy Lecture (Anchorage): Geothermal Energy for Nome
• Generator Control and Power System Management Upgrade Training
• ACEP Researcher George Roe Attends Arctic Encounter Symposium in Seattle
• Wind Tunnel Display Moving to Duckering Building
• Pellet/Coal Fired Boiler Capabilities - Biomass Brownbag Lunch, Feb 18
• AEA Sponsored Biomass Heating Integration Workshop, March 3rd & 4th
• ACEP Summer Internship Program, 2014
• ACEP Hosts TDX
• M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust Awards Grant to Alaska Center for Energy and Power to Support Hydrokinetic Research
• Nickole Conley Joins the ACEP Team
• UAF Resource Assessment and Feasibility Study
• AEA Sponsored Biomass Heating Integration Workshop March 3rd & 4th
• ACEP Summer Internship Program, 2014
• Improving Mars Rover Image Compression using Genetic Algorithms

January

• AEA Sponsored Biomass Heating Integration Workshop March 3rd & 4th
• 2014 Alaska Wind Integration Workshop
• 2014 Innovation Summit
• Community Energy Lecture Series: Alaska Energy Authority’s Interior Energy Updates
• Fort Yukon Biomass Energy Project Brown Bag Lunch
• AEA Sponsored Biomass Heating Integration Workshop March 3rd & 4th
• ACEP at Work: BlackBox Project Update
• ACEP At Work: Emerging Energy Technology Fund Project Update
• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Update
• ACEP Welcomes New Team Members
• 2014 Alaska Wind Integration Workshop
• ACEP Director Gwen Holdmann Wins a Seat on REAP Board of Directors
• Biomass Brown Bag Lunch
• ACEP at Work: VDOS Project Logbook Weekly Update
• ACEP Summer Internship Program, 2014
• Biomass Boiler Performance Evaluation Study
• ACEP Staff Opportunities
• ACEP on the Radio
• Registration is now open for the 2014 Biomass heating Integration Workshop
• ACEP Biomass Coordinator to Speak at Interior Chapter Alaska Native Plant Society
• ACEP Summer Internship Program, 2014
• ACEP Community Energy Lecture Series
• ACEP Staff Opportunities