ACEP news
Revitalized project will offer Alaskans energy data access
October 04, 2024
A University of Alaska project will update a public energy data resource in Alaska. The three-year effort aims to revitalize the Alaska Energy Data Gateway, a project to create equitable access to Alaska energy data and data analytics.
Exploring energy security and the diesel fuel life cycle
October 04, 2024
ACEP summer intern Abby McCallum embarked on a research project to explore the impact of the diesel fuel life cycle on community livelihoods and resilience in Alaska.
Advancing equity for Alaska's energy future
October 03, 2024
ACEP summer intern Greta Laesch worked on two BEE projects, which shared the primary goal of advancing equity for Alaska's energy future.
Remote energy leaders, apply now to the Energy Leadership Accelerator
October 02, 2024
Apply now to ELA, a new international network program designed to connect energy leaders from remote and islanded communities. The six-month program runs January to June 2025.
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
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.
Explore Arctic research on May 16
May 16, 2024
Join ACEP and other research programs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the Arctic Research Open House on Thursday, May 16.
From the Grid
Dispatches from Alaska’s Energy Sector
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.
Powering up the nation's second largest island with 100% renewable energy
September 03, 2024
Kodiak Island is located 250 miles south of Anchorage and is the second-largest island in the United States. It is the first remote community in Alaska to be powered by almost 100% renewable energy year round. The utility manager - Darron Scott - tells the story of how this microgrid uses innovative storage strategies to balance hydro and wind resources on Alaska's largest remote microgrid. This is an excerpt from a forthcoming book entitled "Alaska's Energy Innovators" to be published by the University of Alaska Press.
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.
