renewable energy

Project stakeholders say they're looking for a way forward.

For years, Maine-based Ocean Renewable Power Company has had its eyes on the inlet. It has some of the biggest tides in the world and accounts for more than a third of the country’s tidal energy resource.

If it’s built, the 45-megawatt solar farm in Nikiski would be the biggest in Alaska.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded a grant to a multi-phase solar investment project in Soldotna. The project, which is now nearing completion, will generate enough energy to power four small businesses.

Cook Inletkeeper, the Homer-based water conservation nonprofit, met this week to discuss two renewable energy bills in the Alaska state legislature. The group of organizers and concerned citizens strategized a way to fight for these bills locally.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that two marine projects will receive a combined $6 million to develop a tidal energy pilot site. The announcement marks the first of five phases in a $35 million investment from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and could help deploy a tidal device for testing in Cook Inlet later this year.

Givey Kochanowski is the new regional director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for Alaska. The federal agency oversees resource management of the U.S's federal waters — traditionally, that meant oil and gas, but the agency is now setting its sights on renewables.

In this conversation with Alaska Beacon reporter James Brooks, he explains what the project will mean for the future of renewable energy throughout the railbelt.

Cooper Landing's popular Russian River Campground in Cooper Landing closes Wednesday for another stretch of road rehab and maintenance projects. And, it’s not just a source of scenic photos and occasional ash clouds, Mount Augustine could be a source of renewable, harnessed energy.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly recently approved a 25-year lease with Utopian Power, a renewable energy development company that approached the borough with the idea to convert a 40-acre decommissioned waste facility into a 2-megawatt solar farm.