Project Grant 01817

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $220,000 Project Grant under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148) to the Kongnikilnomuit Yuita Corporation, an Alaskan Native Corporation located in Anchorage, Alaska. The grant funding will support the early design phase of a 520 kW solar array and 560 kWh battery hybrid microgrid system to connect with the existing diesel power plant in the village of Kotlik, Alaska. The project...

The Department of Energy awarded a $54,811,907 Cooperative Agreement under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to the North West Arctic Borough in Kotzebue, Alaska. The grant will fund the development of solar photovoltaic generation (PV), battery energy storage systems (BESS), and residential heat pump installations across eleven villages in the Northwest Arctic region. The project aims to increase the availability of clean energy, improve energy resiliency, and deliver...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) provides $26,062,370 to deploy high-penetration solar PV and battery storage systems into existing microgrids in eight remote tribal communities in Alaska. The project aims to offset 40% of the region's diesel consumption, lowering energy costs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by over 1,550 metric tons annually over the 25-year project lifespan. The tribal-owned and...

This $4,340,079 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) will support the construction of a 500 kW solar photovoltaic array, a 540 kWh battery energy storage system, and a microgrid controller in the remote Dillingham region of southwest Alaska. The project aims to displace an estimated 24% of diesel fuel consumption at an existing power plant serving the Native Alaskan communities of New Stuyahok and Ekwok, increasing...

The Denali Commission awarded a $381,000 cooperative agreement to Grid Alternatives on March 1, 2021 to support solar power projects in Tanacross and Solomon, Alaska through December 31, 2021. As the awardee, Grid Alternatives, doing business as Generating Renewable Ideas For Development Alternatives, will deliver products and services to install solar power systems in the two remote, distressed communities. The funding supports the Denali Commission Program (CFDA #90.100), which provides...

This $4,969,257 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) will fund the installation of a 943 kWh battery energy storage system, solar PV, a new wind turbine, and electric thermal storage (ETS) heating units in Kokhanok, Alaska. The project aims to transition Kokhanok's remote microgrid to 100% renewable energy, reducing the village's dependence on diesel fuel by an estimated 70% within the first two years. In...

The Department of Energy awarded a $413,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The Railbelt Innovation Resiliency Project aims to enhance the reliability and transfer capability of Alaska's Railbelt electric grid by reinforcing interconnections between regions, adding parallel transmission lines, and implementing battery energy storage systems....

This $32,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) aims to install solar photovoltaic (PV) and micro-hydro systems on recently converted irrigation pipelines within the Yakama Reservation. The project, awarded to Yakama Power in August 2024 with a completion date of September 30, 2028, is designed to increase the Yakama Nation's renewable power supply, improve energy resilience and reliability, and support local...

The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, was awarded a $4.36 million Project Grant from the Denali Commission under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100) to support the DOE Littoral Power Systems Hydrokinetic Project. The project aims to develop hydrokinetic technologies to harness tidal, wave, and river energy in remote Alaskan coastal and river communities between November 2021 and December 2022. As the Denali Commission seeks to provide critical utilities and...

This $19,989,160 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) to build community-scale photovoltaic solar arrays and battery storage systems, as well as provide workforce training, in five Alaska Native communities. The key project activities include the construction and installation of the solar and battery storage...