Buffett Ready to Double $15 Billion Solar, Wind Bet
By Noah Buhayar & Jim Polson | Bloomberg Businessweek: Warren Buffett briefly lost track of how many billions of dollars his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A:US) is spending to build wind and solar power...
View ArticleFairbanks students light up the town at UAF science academy
By Weston Morrow | Fairbanks Daily News Miner: FAIRBANKS — A single bicycle doesn’t typically produce much energy on its own, but in a small University of Alaska Fairbanks lab Wednesday it was enough...
View ArticleTiny Alaska village hopes to cut energy costs with experimental river power
By Suzanna Caldwell | Alaska Dispatch: In Yup’ik, the word “igiugig” means “like a throat that swallows water,” so it’s more than fitting that the village of the same name would be the test ground for...
View ArticlePatent Medicine: Tesla makes its technology available to everyone, for free,...
By Mark Rogowsky | Forbes: Noting that the global auto market is approaching 100 million vehicles annually and that, “It is impossible for Tesla to build electric cars fast enough to address the carbon...
View ArticleAir source heat pumps provide energy relief for Southeast Alaska
By Suzanna Caldwell | Alaska Dispatch: For years, many communities in Southeast Alaska basked in the relative abundance of affordable, accessible hydropower. But with supply, comes demand, and before...
View ArticlePower from rain: Sitka expands dam to wean itself from diesel
By Mary Catherine Martin | Capital City Weekly: Sitka is raising its bet on something it and other Southeast Alaska towns know well: water. The city-owned electric company is raising Blue Lake Dam by...
View ArticleAlaska’s housing stock: Report outlines high costs, overcrowding
By Devin Kelly | Anchorage Daily News: The state housing authority released a report on Tuesday describing “severe shortcomings” in Alaska’s housing stock, related to high costs, poor energy...
View ArticleSouthcentral natural gas utility’s customers hit with big increase in bill
By Sean Doogan | Alaska Dispatch: Beginning this month, Southcentral Alaska customers of Enstar – the state’s largest natural gas utility – will be digging deeper into their pockets to pay their bills....
View ArticleEnergy efficiency becomes hot market for tech companies
By Evan Halper | The Seattle Times: WASHINGTON — As President Obama pushes ahead on a strategy to confront climate change that relies heavily on energy efficiency, some Americans may see flashbacks of...
View ArticleAlaska Harnesses Power of Tides, Rivers, and Waves
By Joaquin Palomino | Alaska Public Radio Network: Engineers have tried to harness the power of pounding waves and shifting tides for generations, but only recently has the goal been attainable. With...
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