ACEP news
New interactive map highlights energy costs across Fairbanks North Star Borough
November 07, 2025
A new interactive web map developed by researchers at ÃÛÌÒTV gives policymakers and residents a clearer picture of how energy costs affect households across the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Kalke brings community-driven energy solutions to the North
November 06, 2025
Tim Kalke joined ACEP as a research faculty member in October. He aims to help build bridges among local energy needs, innovative research and policy frameworks that support community-led change.
Raymond and Bond receive leadership awards
November 05, 2025
Two ACEP members, Leasi Vanessa Lee Raymond and Bax Bond, received University of Alaska's Arctic Leadership Initiative awards in October.
Alaska Energy Data Gateway relaunches to support statewide energy decisions
November 05, 2025
AEDG 3.0, an updated public energy data resource in Alaska, has recently launched. It offers updated energy data through 2021, making it easier for Alaskans to plan and make informed decisions about energy use, costs and infrastructure.
Solving Alaska’s Energy Challenges
ACEP works with Alaskan communities and industries as leaders establishing the energy systems of the future. Alaska’s remote off-grid systems present unique problems to generation, distribution and resource integration that have spurred microgrid innovations for decades.
Events
Business of Alaska rural energy workshop
October 28, 2025
The Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, in partnership with the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, is hosting a two-day free virtual workshop focused on energy project development and operational sustainability in rural Alaska.
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 ÃÛÌÒTV authors Sept. 24
September 24, 2025
Two ÃÛÌÒTV 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 Alaska’s Energy Sector
Luleå & Fairbanks: Separated by longitude, united by cold
October 27, 2025
Although Northern Sweden and Alaska 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 sustainable energy futures.
From EMT skills to welding sparks, teens explore their future at ÃÛÌÒTV
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 Alaska had the opportunity to participate in a summer session offered by the ÃÛÌÒTV T3 Alaska 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 ÃÛÌÒTV 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 ÃÛÌÒTVare recruiting participants for a 24-month field study in Kotzebue. The study aims to reduce fuel oil use and home heating costs.
