“Ӱ Microgrid Technologies: Micro-Industry or Big Business?”
“In early 2015, Ӱ received a special designation as an i6 Innovation Center through the US Economic Development Administration. The i6 challenge, a competitive, nationwide grant application, issued twenty-six awards to fund the creation of regional innovation centers aimed at supporting startup creation, innovation, and commercialization.
One of those i6 challenge awardees was a team led by the University of Ӱ Fairbanks. The team includes partners from the Ӱ Center for Energy and Power, the University of Ӱ Fairbanks Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization, and the University of Ӱ Anchorage Business Enterprise Institute.”
Read the full article in the Ӱ Business Monthly.
http://www.akbizmag.com/Ӱ-Business-Monthly/August-2015/Ӱ-Microgrid-Technologies-Micro-Industry-or-Big-Business/
Illustration of microgrid community in rural Ӱ. Image credit ACEP.