Sustainable North

From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner on Wednesday, January 28, 2009:
A document submitted as a state energy plan falls short of its mark, while renewable energy projects submitted for funding might go too far, legislators said.
Members of the House Energy Committee, including Rep. Jay Ramras, R-Fairbanks, were critical of the Alaska Energy Authority’s state energy plan [...]

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The State of Alaska has published its proposal for grant allocation from the Alaska Renewable Energy Fund. This money will fund the construction of a wide range of alternative energy projects throughout the state. The total proposed expenditure from the State of Alaska is $100 million, with a Federal match of approximately $300 million.
 
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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 18 2008
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is crunching numbers to study how much greenhouse gas we emit.
The university’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power is conducting the study using a $20,000 grant from the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
The work will serve as a baseline document needed to responsibly advance [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer May 29, 2008
A new energy research center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is looking for alternative funding after Gov. Sarah Palin last week vetoed a $1.5 million state and federal appropriation for the center.
Palin’s budget director Karen Rehfeld said Wednesday the governor was concerned about the growth of the [...]

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