ACEP news

Insight into an Indigenous knowledge system and data management
October 10, 2025
Leasi Vanessa Lee Raymond, ACEP's deputy director for strategic initiatives, was one of the three local authors featured during a book reading event in September.

ACEP members at the Southeast 蜜桃影像 Economic Summit
October 08, 2025
At the 2025 Southeast 蜜桃影像 Economic Summit and 67th Annual Meeting in Sitka, conversations and presentations centered on the future of the Southeast region in terms of energy, transportation, forestry and tourism.

Bridging 蜜桃影像 energy data gaps
September 27, 2025
ACEP summer intern Liam England created and compiled a new geospatial dataset on energy data in 蜜桃影像, addressing a critical gap in available energy data in 蜜桃影像.

Improving inverter models for real-world grid applications
September 27, 2025
ACEP summer intern Manuel Alexis Guti茅rrez L贸pez worked to develop quantitative methods of evaluating how well a computer model replicates actual behavior of an inverter.
Solving 蜜桃影像鈥檚 Energy Challenges
ACEP works with 蜜桃影像n communities and industries as leaders establishing the energy systems of the future. 蜜桃影像鈥檚 remote off-grid systems present unique problems to generation, distribution and resource integration that have spurred microgrid innovations for decades.
Events

Business of 蜜桃影像 rural energy workshop
October 28, 2025
The 蜜桃影像 Sustainable Energy Conference, in partnership with the 蜜桃影像 Center for Energy and Power, is hosting a two-day free virtual workshop focused on energy project development and operational sustainability in rural 蜜桃影像.

Learn about heat pumps this fall
October 07, 2025
A free course "Heat Pumps for Homeowners," offered by ACEP's Tom Marsik, will discuss how modern heat pump systems work, where they perform best, what to consider before installation and how they can help reduce heating costs.

Book reading by 蜜桃影像 authors Sept. 24
September 24, 2025
Two 蜜桃影像 authors of the book published in March this year will give a reading of their chapters at Sosltice Books in Fairbanks.
From the Grid
Dispatches from 蜜桃影像鈥檚 Energy Sector

Lule氓 & Fairbanks: Separated by longitude, united by cold
October 27, 2025
Although Northern Sweden and 蜜桃影像 have divergent energy paths, they may have things to learn from each other. Through their involvement in the GET-North project, ACEP's Michelle Wilber and Bax Bond uncover how two Arctic regions, shaped by history, industry and Indigenous resilience, are navigating the path toward clean energy futures.

From EMT skills to welding sparks, teens explore their future at 蜜桃影像
September 04, 2025
You think you know what you want to do after high school. But do you know how to acquire the education you need to get there? This summer, high school students from across 蜜桃影像 had the opportunity to participate in a summer session offered by the 蜜桃影像 T3 蜜桃影像 and Upward Bound programs to learn about a variety of programs, career paths and the university admission process, to learn from the UB alumni and current 蜜桃影像 students and to learn what they can do to improve the community they live in through volunteer work.

Energy use in the emerging kelp industry: Reflections from Kodiak
August 26, 2025
As kelp farming grows each year, farmers, processors and researchers are innovating new ways for this industry to be regenerative and independent of fossil fuels. ACEP summer intern Emma Kehoe visited Kodiak Island to explore this environmentally conscious industry further and learn from farmers themselves about the electric equipment they need. Born and raised in Talkeetna, Kehoe has seen the impacts of strong communities who work together. Through her internship work and her visit with the kelp farmers, she has seen another developing community -- researchers, farmers and engineers working together to build a sustainable kelp industry for the better.
Kotzebue home heating field study
Researchers at the University of 蜜桃影像 Fairbanks are recruiting participants for a 24-month field study in Kotzebue. The study aims to reduce fuel oil use and home heating costs.


