December 9-10th at the Dena’ina Conference Center in Anchorage, Alaska

Detailed workshop information are available here.

So many projects and so much potential! Jason highlighted nine projects funded through the Denali Commission’s Emerging Energy Technology Grant program. They include a solar thermal project in Kotzebue where they are installing solar panels on six homes to heat hot water; a seawater heat pump system in Seward which is expected to go online this April and will be used to heat the 120,000-square foot Alaska Sealife Center; and a wood pellet boiler installed by Sealaska to heat the corporation’s corporate headquarters in Juneau and perhaps hopefully spur a local economy for creating wood pellets. Other projects include two hydrokinetic in-river turbines in Nenana and on the Yukon River near Eagle to test the possibility of producing power from our rivers, and work with pyschrophiles in Cordova where they are testing cold-loving bacteria that live in tundra lakes and produce methane. The methane could be used to produce power.

Jason also talked briefly about the state’s newly created Emerging Energy Technology Fund, which has just over $5 million in funding and is expected to begin soliciting applications beginning in December.

Jason's presentation

Source:
Renewable Energy Alaska Project

Topic: Railbelt Energy Options - A Look at the Numbers

When: Tuesday, November 16th, 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)
 

Presenter:

• Mark Foster
  Energy Consultant, Mark A. Foster & Associates (MAFA)
   

What do you think the price of oil and gas will be in twenty to forty years?  What price should we estimate for greenhouse gas emissions when making long term investment decisions?  How should we value a dollar today compared to a dollar fifty years from now?  How quickly will new technologies lead to new energy "winners"?

The presentation included a quick quant overview of the usual suspects in Railbelt energy options, including end-use efficiency/conservation, oil, gas, coal, hydro, wind, geothermal, tidal, biomass, distributed generation and upstream energy supply chains, and assumptions that drive the economic analysis.  Then the audience was polled for estimates of key assumptions that were incorporated into a simplified Railbelt Energy Economic Model.
 

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Panel on: Preparing your Home for Winter: Options for Residents and Businesses

When: Tuesday, October 19th, 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)
 

Presenters:

• Katie Conway, Alaska Energy Authority
  Assistant Project Manager Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program
• Scott Waterman, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
  Energy Specialist
• Todd VanOsdol, Interior Weatherization, Inc.
  Technical Manager
• Ryan Colgan, Cold Climate Housing Research Center
  Chief Programs Officer
   

Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.
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Topic: Biomass Part II: Does the Interior have the Resources to Support Biomass Development?

When: Tuesday, September 21st, 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)
 

Local experts discussed the opportunities for biomass harvest and cultivation in the Interior to fuel traditional and new ways of producing power.

Presenters:

• Doug Hansen (AK Division of Forestry)
  An inventory of the wood supply in the Tanana Valley
• Steve Sparrow (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
  The potential for growing biomass as a crop
• Chad Schumaker (Superior Pellets)
  Creating an industry from wood products to serve the Interior.
  
   

Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.
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Topic: Biomass:  A Sustainable Option for Alaska?

When: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)
 

Experts provided an overview of biomass technology for community energy production including a discussion of projects in the Interior and throughout the state. In addition, researchers from the Cold Climate Housing Research Center discussed ways to improve residential wood burning.

Presenters:

• John Davies - Cold Climate Housing Research Center
  Residential Wood Burning
• Jesse Warwick, Michael Gomes - Chena Power
  Update on Chena Power Clean Biomass Power Plant
• Gwen Holdmann - ACEP
  Overview of Biomass Technology and Statewide Projects
   

Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.
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Topic: Innovations in Geothermal

When: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)

Presenters:

• Neil McMahon
  Assistant Project Manager, Geothermal and Ocean and River Energy Programs, Alaska Energy Authority
• Anupma Prakash
  Professor, Remote Sensing Geology and Geophysics, Geophysical Institute
• Peter Illig
  Geothermal Researcher, Alaska Center for Energy and Power
   

Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.
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Topic: Wind Powering Alaska

When: Tuesday, June 22nd 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)

 

Presenters:

• Kate Lamal, GVEA Vice President Power Supply
  Kate discussed the Eva Creek wind project and the challenges and opportunities integrating wind power into the GVEA grid.
   
• Katherine Keith, ACEP Wind-Diesel Coordinator
  Katherine provided an overview of wind power and potential in Alaska.

Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.
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Topic: Local Food Production for Energy Security

When: Tuesday, May 25th 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)

 

Presenters:

- Tom Zimmer (Calypso Farm and Ecology Center)

- Markus Mager (Alaska Center for Energy and Power)

- Jeff Werner (School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences)

Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

April 27th - 29th, 2010

New Energy for Sustainable Communities

 
The Alaska Rural Energy Conference brings energy experts together to provide practical information and energy projects, ideas, and solutions for Alaska's Communities.

The 2010 conference was held from April 27th - 29th at the Westmark Hotel in Fairbanks.

Conference presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

Video recordings are available:

- here (low sound quality, not edited, no download required) or

- here (high sound quality, edited, via iTunes download).

For additional information visit the Alaska Rural Energy Conference website.

Topic: Here Comes the Sun—Making Solar a Viable Option in Alaska

When: *NEW TIME*: Tuesday, March 23rd 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: *NEW LOCATION*: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)

 

Presenters:

- Todd Hoener, End Use Energy Specialist & SNAP Program Administrator, GVEA

- Jim Norman, Owner, ABS Alaskan
 

Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

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Topic: Hydropower--Can We Power Alaska with Our Rivers and Oceans?

When: *NEW TIME*: Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 6-7:30pm

Where: *NEW LOCATION*: Blue Loon (2999 Parks Highway)
 

Presenters:
Jerry Johnson, UAF Instituteof Northern  Engineering
Jason Meyer, UAF Alaska Center for Energy & Power


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Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

Tuesday, January 19^th -  7pm in Fairbanks at the Westmark (813 Noble Street)

Wednesday, Januyary 20^th - 7pm in Anchorage at the Anchorage Museum

Thursday, Januyary 21^st - 7pm in Juneau at the Centennial Hall, Hickel Room

 

Topic:

   New Energy for Alaskan Communities

Speaker:

• Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power
   

Alaska uses more energy per capita than any other state, in a nation which uses more energy than any other country in the world.  Our state’s high energy use is complicated by high energy prices, isolated electric grid systems, and dependence on external supply lines.  By developing more local energy resources – both fossil and renewable – we can stabilize prices and reduce our vulnerability while positioning Alaska as an energy leader.    Gwen Holdmann, Director for the Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska will discuss some of the cutting edge technology solutions available to meet Alaska's current and future energy demand.


Science for Alaska Lecture Series website »

Wednesday, December 16^th
 

Topic:

   Alaskan Coal

• Industry Overview
• Overview of the Environmental and Permitting Aspects of the Coal Business
  
• Current and Future Research at UAF
  
  

Speakers:

• Steve Denton, VP Business Development, Usibelli
• Bartly Coiley, Environmental Manager, Usibelli
• Rajive Ganguli, Professor of Mining Engineering, UAF
   

Story:

• Alaska sees jump in coal exports »

Presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

Tuesday, November 17^th
 

Topic:

Energy Efficient Home Weatherization and Retrofit

Speaker:
- Colin Craven, Product Testing Director, CCHRC

Presentation can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

Wednesday, October 21^st
 

Topic:

Connecting University Research to Sustainable Community Movements

Speaker:
- Rich Seifert, Cooperative Extension Service

Presentation can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

Wednesday, September 16^th 
 

Topic:

Sustainable Northern Shelter:  A Community-based Approach to Building Sustainable Homes for the Future

Speakers:
- Aaron Cooke, Project Manager and Architectural Designer
- Judith Grunau, Project Manager and Architectural Designer

For more information, visit:

http://www.cchrc.org/sustainable+northern+shelter+project.aspx

Wednesday, July 15th

Speaker:

Michael Golub, RevUP

Take the "ES166 Electric Car Conversion" course at UAF and learn how to build your own electric car!

June 22nd - 24th, 2009
 

Alaska Wind-Diesel Summit in Anchorage, Alaska

June 24th:
Peter Lilienthal, Green Island Power, LLC offered a FREE HOMER training on Wednesday from 1-5 pm

6-8pm: The Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) hosted a free public forum at the Anchorage Museum to discuss the various challenges and opportunities inherent in wind-diesel systems
 

EVENT FLYER

For more information contact Katherine Keith at (907) 590-0751, email kmkeith@alaska.edu
 

Wednesday, June 17th

Speaker:

Brian Ellingson, Program Coordinator, UAF Tanana Valley Campus

Take the course at TVC and learn how to build your own turbine!

Presentation can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.
 

ACEP sponored the Business of Clean Energy in Alaska Conference held in Anchorage, Alaska from May 18 & 19, 2009.

The Business of Clean Energy in Alaska (BCEA) is a two-day conference showcasing the opportunity for Alaska to become a leader in Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy (RE). The conference will focus on understanding the challenges and best practices in implementing an EE/RE infrastructure. Attendees will gain insight into the experiences of governments and businesses from around the country, as they relate to Alaska’s unique potential.
 

Conference presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

ACEP sponsored and helped organizing the

2009 Alaska Geothermal Conference

on April 28-30, 2009 at Chena Hot Springs Resort in Fairbanks, AK.
 

Conference presentations can be downloaded from ACEP’s publication DB.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Presenter:

- Katherine Keith,  Wind diesel coordinator, ACEP/AEA
 

Presentation:

Alternative Fuels for Transportation and Energy Storage by Kat Keith

Wednesday, February 25^th, 2009


Presenters:

- Dan Britton, Fairbanks Natural Gas

- Doug Reynolds, Energy Economist, UAF

Presentation:

Fueling the Future of Fairbanks - Developing Alaska's Natural Gas Resources by Daniel W. Britton

-> Watch the recording of this lecture

Wednesday, January 28^th, 2009

Presentations:

Biomass – Can We Harness The POWER??? by Bill Schnabel
 

Residential Wood-burning Technology by Dave Misiuk


-> Watch the recording of this lecture

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Presenters included:

- Neil Davis, Author of Energy - Alaska

- Bernie Karl, Chena Hot Springs Resort

WATCH the video of the event »

Monday, November 17^th, 2008

Presentations:

Susitna Hydroelectric by Bryan Carey »

Climate Change and Variability: impacts on existing hydropower facilities and the
proposed Susitna project by Jessie Cherry »

Hydrokinetic Power for Rural Alaskan Communities by Dennis Witmer »

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008


Presenters included:

- Jim Whitaker, Mayor, FNSB

- Gwen Holdmann, Director, ACEP

- Brent Sheets, Arctic Energy Office, DOE
 

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Panel on:

• Homeowner Opportunities in Renewable Energy Generation & Energy Conservation
  
  
  • Home weatherization and energy efficiency
  • The GVEA SNAP program
  • How to conduct a home energy efficiency study
  • Renewable energy options for Fairbanks homeowners

Presenters included:

- Todd Hoener, Golden Valley Electric Association

- Mike Music, Cold Climate Housing Research Center

- Dennis Witmer, Alaska Center for Energy & Power

- Jim Norman, ABS Alaskan, Inc
 

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008


Presenter: Chris Rose
Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project


Presentation »