Federal energy policy advisor visits UAF

November 18, 2019

Michael McEleney, right, toured ACEP’s PSI Lab with ARENA coordinator Carolyn Loeffler and ACEP Energy Technology Facility manager David Light. McEleney visited the Fairbanks campus in November 2019 for the Arctic Command Alaska Symposium. Photo by Amanda Byrd.

Michael McEleney, senior policy advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, traveled to Fairbanks in mid-November to attend the Alaska Command Arctic Symposium, hosted by the Arctic Domain Awareness Center.

The symposium convened a wide array of leaders and experts to build partnerships in support of U.S. Northern Command's Arctic mission. They hope to better understand challenges in the complicated risk environment that is the new circumpolar North.

While in town, McEleney visited offices of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power and the Power Systems Integration Lab. He sought to learn more about ACEP's research initiatives and the Arctic Remote Energy Networks Academy. The academy is an international knowledge-sharing program endorsed by the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group. ARENA will solicit 2020 applicants soon. Information will be shared in Cornerstone and online.

For more information, contact Carolyn Loeffler at cjkozak@alaska.edu.