Energy in the North radio series
Energy is a critical aspect to life in Alaska. “Energy in the North” explores the importance and opportunities that energy and power provides to Alaska and its people. Amanda Byrd, from the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, is your host for this radio series. In this series, you will hear from the people running power plants in remote communities, people installing utility scale wind and solar farms, and everything in between.
The series airs weekly on KUAC FM 89.9 or streams on KUAC on Wednesdays at 7:45 am, 8:45 am and 5:45 pm.
Upcoming episodes
December 18, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Jeremy Kasper
He took an interesting journey through oceanography and quantum physics to become ACEP’s director.
January 8, 2025
“Energy in the North” features Heath Grebert
The senior regional manager in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia for the state-owned power utility Horizon Power. Heath looks after the energy network connections for 12 communities within an area of over 52 thousand square miles. We spoke while driving down a red desert road in Australia.
“Energy in the North” archives
December 11, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Edwin Bifelt
Edwin Bifelt is the founder and CEO of Alaska Native Renewable Industries. ANRI focuses on hiring local people from the communities they install solar battery systems in, and in 2021 they won Solar Builder Microgrid Project of the Year.
December 4, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Jason Paskvan
Jason Paskvan, the climate and energy specialist at Tanana Chiefs Conference and he is helping to bring solar power to TCC’s 37 tribes throughout interior Alaska.
November 27, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Dominique Hinds
Dominique Hinds, an electrical engineering student is helping ACEP to build a power inverter for the Energy Technology Facility on the UAF campus.
November 20, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Bill Schnabel
Bill Schnabel, the Dean of UAF’s College of Engineering and Mines, and his faculty have developed a new undergraduate degree that aims to develop an agile workforce to meet Alaska’s growing renewable energy portfolio.
November 13, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Gwen Holdmann
A senior researcher and the founding director of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power. Gwen is looking at carbon capture utilization and storage as an option to deal with reducing the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and she is hosting a town hall.
November 6, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Jenae Matson
Jenae works with ACEP’s Data and Cyberinfrastructure Management team and this summer she created a user friendly location for data to be stored and accessed.
October 30, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Ben Loeffler
Ben is the hydrokinetic energy lead for UAF and he was at the Tanana River Hydrokinetic Test Site near Nenana testing a new style of in-river turbine to generate electricity for remote communities.
October 23, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Mons Sellevold
A project manager for the Norwegian government owned Store Norske Energi in Longyearbyen, Svalbard who is working towards meeting Longyearbyen’s goal of reaching 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030.
October 16, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Grace Nakimayak
The clean energy coordinator for the Paulatak clean energy working group in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Grace is helping her community work towards becoming 100% reliant on renewable energy and growing the future workforce.
October 2, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Lydia Andriesen
A climate scholar at UAF who learned the background skills of harnessing the energy in rivers at ACEP for the summer.
September 25, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Andy Seitz
Fisheries professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and harnessing energy in water flowing down a river to generate electricity.
September 18, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Haley Paine
Deputy director of the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas about the exciting potential of net-zero oil production.
September 11, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Tim Kalke
The general manager of Sustainable Energy for Galena Alaska talks about the role of renewable energy in the development of the independent power producer in the Yukon River community.
September 4, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Jenn Miller
Co-founder and CEO of Renewable IPP, a solar energy company that is partnering with UAF to co-locate solar arrays and agriculture.
August 28, 2024
“Energy in the North” features Roderick Philip
The manager of Purvurnaq Power Company talking about how his traditional Yup’ik community incorporates state of the art renewable energy systems.
August 21, 2024
"Energy in the North" features Tim Kalke
The general manager of Sustainable Energy for Galena Alaska talks about how renewable energy projects in the Yukon River community are helping to create a local workforce.
August 14, 2024
"Energy in the North" features Annalise Klein
A program architect at UAF speaking about the role of mentorship in an Alaska energy internship.
August 7, 2024
"Energy in the North" features Brad Scotton
A Galena city council member talking about resilience and renewable energy in the remote, Yukon River community.