ACEP news
51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø's engineering program expands to welcome more students
March 28, 2025
A 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø engineering program launched in autumn 2024 is expanding its offering to welcome more students in the fall 2025 semester, with an additional new course on carbon capture, use and storage.
Norgaard strives to create a just, sustainable future
March 28, 2025
Addie Norgaard joined ACEP with a desire to create a just, sustainable future with work directly related to decarbonization.
De Witt addresses the next generation of scientists on sustainability
March 27, 2025
ACEP's Magnus de Witt served as an invited panelist on sustainability at the eleventh annual Fletcher Maritime Arctic Conference on March 7 at Tufts University.
Gudleifsson presents energy innovations in Iceland to the state legislature
March 27, 2025
Erlingur Gudleifsson, Iceland-based energy researcher with ACEP, gave a presentation at the Alaska Innovation Summit in Juneau last month.
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
Seminar on grid-forming inverters in remote Alaska microgrids
April 21, 2025
Mariko Shirazi and William Thomson will discuss operational experience and recommendations for grid-forming battery energy storage inverters in remote Alaska microgrids.
Free workshop on Alaska's energy future
April 08, 2025
Join us virtually for a free workshop in April, "Building Alaska's future: Insights from Iceland."
Webinar to discuss benefits of insulating technology
April 03, 2025
ACEP's Kaarle Strailey will talk about vacuum insulated panels at an upcoming virtual webinar.
From the Grid
Dispatches from Alaska’s Energy Sector
Can data centers lower Alaska's high energy costs?
March 25, 2025
Data Centers are transforming the energy industry. Today, there are more than 8,000 data centers worldwide that consume roughly 1 to 2% of the global energy use. From a geographic perspective, Alaska could evolve into a major player for hyper-scale data centers, given its strategic location near large Asia Pacific markets. Could this growing industry benefit Alaskans?
What carbon capture and storage might mean for Alaska
February 04, 2025
We are facing evidence that we can't afford to ignore COâ‚‚ and that simply reducing emissions might not be enough to meet climate goals. Carbon isn't just found in the atmosphere or living things. Over 99% of the Earth's carbon is locked away in the rocks beneath our feet. Can we capture COâ‚‚ directly from power plants, industrial facilities, or even from the air itself, and store it permanently underground? This method could become an important new front in our fight against climate change, working alongside efforts to cut emissions.
December 06, 2024
Eleven students from across Alaska came together for a transformative research experience, showcasing their work at the 2024 Alaska Renewable Energy Conference.
Kotzebue home heating field study
Researchers at the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø are recruiting participants for a 24-month field study in Kotzebue. The study aims to reduce fuel oil use and home heating costs.
