Block Grant DEEE0001628

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded Togiak Natives Limited $727,665 through the Minerals and Mining on Indian Lands program (CFDA 15.038) on September 22, 2025, to advance the Togiak Wind Project from conceptual design to construction-ready specifications. The project will deliver a stamped Issued-for-Construction (IFC) planset, final engineering specifications, and comprehensive documentation required for permitting, financing, and procurement activities....

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Alaska Energy Authority $836,723 under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708) on September 16, 2025, for engineering design of an updated combined heat and power (CHP) system at Tok School in Alaska. The project will develop a modernized woodchip-fired CHP system incorporating a 125-kilowatt steam turbine integrated with the existing woodchip heating infrastructure, a GE...

This $2,800,000.00 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities (CFDA 10.859) federal grant program. The grant will fund projects focused on improving energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, implementing renewable and alternative energy systems, and developing energy efficiency and conservation initiatives to address exceptionally high residential energy costs in...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Native Village of Kotzebue (NVOK) received a $3.553 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to design, construct, and deploy a tribally-owned and operated 700-kilowatt solar energy system in Kotzebue, Alaska. The project commenced on August 1, 2025, with an anticipated completion date of December 31, 2028. The solar array will be constructed on land owned by...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Alaska Fairbanks received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to advance hydrokinetic energy technology for remote Alaska communities. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through March 31, 2029, funds the development and demonstration of a 500-watt electrical integrated prototype of the Reactive...

This $209,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148) will support the Organized Village of Kwethluk in Alaska to develop renewable energy strategies and climate adaptation plans. Specifically, the funding will be used to: Conduct a feasibility study to assess the potential for renewable energy to provide economic growth, energy independence, and environmental sustainability, including training local...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) will complete a feasibility study of existing direct air capture technologies and their applicability in Alaska. The $3,539,998.00 award to Asrc Energy Services, LLC, a subsidiary of the Alaskan Native Corporation Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, will analyze the viability of deploying direct air capture...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Alaska Department of Natural Resources received a $252,500 Project Grant from the Denali Commission (CFDA 90.100) awarded on July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. This feasibility assessment award will evaluate energy access and infrastructure options at the Donlin Pipeline Terminus located in Alaska. The project will assess the technical, economic, and logistical viability of developing or improving energy infrastructure and access at this...

The Village of Atmautluak received a $197,725 Project Grant award dated May 5, 2025, under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148), administered by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs. The grant funds tribal business and legal planning activities for renewable energy-hybrid systems development on tribal lands. This award supports capacity-building initiatives designed to enable the Village of Atmautluak to develop and sustain the...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) provides $1,451,534.00 in funding to the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), a non-profit Alaskan Native organization, to replace two non-tiered generators with Tier 2 models and upgrade the switchgear at the Shageluk Community Powerplant in Alaska. The project aims to increase generation efficiency from 12.93 kWh/gal to 14.0 kWh/gal, reduce NOx emissions by 43.5%,...