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Newsminer: Funding biomass fuels may be a hurdle

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 19, 2008
Proponents of a plant that would make liquid fuels out of coal say such a facility could be the solution to high energy costs in Fairbanks and Interior villages.
However, a financial specialist warned that private-sector financing will be hard to find without some government assistance, either as cash, [...]

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Newsminer: Rural Alaska communities seek ways to lower energy costs

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 5, 2008
A group of Dillingham, Alaska, fishermen hoping to reduce gas costs for the Bristol Bay fleet are sketching plans to turn salmon waste into fuel.
In Nunam Iqua in Western Alaska, a tiny utility hopes to spin power from the wind electric use will jump when a new school [...]

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Newsminer: Alternative energy on the horizon for GVEA

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer June 27, 08
With a little help from the state, Golden Valley Electric Association is looking to cut back on fossil fuels and start making hot water and power from the sun, the wind and the Nenana River current.
The Alaska Energy Authority, a public corporation of the state, this week gave [...]

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