Sustainable North

From the Anchorage Daily News July 13, 2008

About three dozen proposals stood out as winners last month in a new competition for $5 million in seed money to kick-start alternative energy projects across Alaska.

Nearly all envision medium- to small-scale projects: a wind farm on Kodiak Island (total cost: $24 million), a series of “low-impact hydro” [...]

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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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Title: Renewable Energy Policy for Alaska: Successes and Challenges
Location: Noel Wien Library Auditorium, (1215 Cowles Street)
Description: Presenter: Chris Rose, Executive Director, Renwable Energy Alaska Project
Start Time: 6:30
Date: 2008-07-16
End Time: 8:30

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer June 30, 08
Paula and George Hatchman rode a shuttle bus into Denali National Park this month. When the bus driver announced their arrival at the new Eielson Visitor Center, they wondered if he was joking.
“You wouldn’t even know it was here,” said the visitor from Australia. “It just blends with [...]

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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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From The Fairbanks Daily Newsminer May 4th, 2008
The state’s Climate Change Sub-Cabinet has picked more than 100 people from around the state, including a number from Fairbanks, to help shape strategies for dealing with, and taking steps to help curb, global warming.
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