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Corporation still planning Fire Island wind farm

From The Associated Press, Wednesday, November 25, 2009:

The Cook Inlet Region corporation says it plans to go ahead with the Fire Island wind farm project, despite a split last month with a developer.

The Anchorage Native corporation told The Anchorage Daily News it could fund the $165 million project by itself and hopes to sign a deal next month with another developer. The Legislature has committed $25 million for a transmission line to the Anchorage grid.

The wind farm could be generating electricity by the end of 2011.

Rogers: Climate policy not realistic for UAF

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Sunday, November 22, 2009:

Hundreds of university chancellors and presidents have signed a pledge to steer their campuses toward a climate neutral policy on greenhouse gas emissions, but don’t expect the University of Alaska Fairbanks to join them anytime soon.

Chancellor Brian Rogers said he’s been asked by students and faculty to sign the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, but he doesn’t think it’s a realistic goal for a campus in an extreme cold-weather environment.

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The Pursuit of New Ways to Boost Solar Development

From YALE environment 360, Monday, November 9, 2009:

The solar power boom in Germany, Spain, and parts of the United States has been fueled by government subsidies. But now some U.S. states — led by New Jersey, of all places — are pioneering a different approach: issuing tradable credits that can be sold on the open market. So far, the results have been promising.

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Angoon gets preliminary hydropower project permit

From the Associated Press, Thursday, November 5, 2009:

The city of Angoon has been granted a preliminary permit for the Ruth Lake hydropower project.

The 20 megawatt hydropower project is designed to produce low cost electricity for Angoon, and to eventually provide hydropower to other Southeast communities.

Angoon Mayor Albert Howard says he’s looking for region-wide collaboration on the project.

The mayor says Angoon, as well as most communities off the road system, are getting hit hard by the rising cost of diesel fuel which powers the generators that currently provide electricity.

Dutch Harbor wind turbine still standing

From Alaska Dispatch, Tuesday, October 27, 2009:

According to a Business Wire press release (via Reuters), a residential wind turbine installed by Helix Wind Corp. in Dutch Harbor withstood its first major winter storm. The storm brought winds in excess of 80 mph, and the turbine worked perfectly. One of its owners, Joshua Williams, said after acknowledging he sometimes dreads the cold, wet winters, “After this last storm, as I watched our new wind turbine generate the sea winds back at us, it felt good to get even!” Read more here. Alaska Beat’s favorite part? The release made certain to note: “Dutch Harbor’s weather is considered among the worst in the world.”

Energy Information Administration releases new State Rankings

EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps ordered by data value. The rankings cover energy production, consumption, and price, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants, as follows:

  • Total Energy Production
  • Crude Oil Production
  • Natural Gas Marketed Production
  • Coal Production
  • Total Net Electricity Generation
  • Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Electric Power Producers
  • Total Energy Per Capita
  • No. 2 Heating Oil Residential Prices
  • Motor Gasoline Retail Prices
  • No. 2 Diesel Fuel Retail Prices
  • Natural Gas Residential Prices
  • Electricity Residential Prices

Batteries Set Us Free, But Should Be Recycled

BY Adam Wasch, Energy Outreach Consultant for CCHRC and UAF CES
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner May 21st, 2009, Section A3

There were kids whose toys were not powered and those whose toys were. Batteries made the difference. I was a powerless kid. My toys only went as far as I could throw them. My best friend Brett, however, had self-propelled cars, a portable radio, and an electric-eyed Skeletor who said, “I must possess all, or I possess nothing,” when pushed. I thought Brett was better off. Decades later, I still feel defeated by the stamina of battery-powered toys. Continue reading →

Alaska Wind Offers Residential Power Opportunities

BY Adam Wasch, Energy Outreach Consultant for CCHRC and UAF CES
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner April 29th, 2009, Section A3

Alaska’s energy resources amount to more than the oil and gas that have so much transformed the state during the past 40 years. One largely untapped resource is wind power. Large-scale operations, such as a growing wind farm in Kotzebue and plans for a 1.5 megawatt wind farm on Fire Island near Anchorage underscore the potential of wind energy in Alaska. But what about residential wind power? Continue reading →

Green tax tips

From the New York Times on Wednesday, April 8, 2009:

Still looking for ways to lower your taxes? Greening your home means you can get more greenbacks in return. The stimulus plan approved by Congress in February offers tax credits for making your home more energy efficient. For tax tips, the Green Home turned to Kateri Callahan, president of the Alliance to Save Energy, a nonprofit group that advocated some of these credits.

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