Project Grant DEIE0000094

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $50,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) to develop and deploy a Pumped Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) system at the Healy Power Plant in Alaska. This project, known as the POLAR Project, aims to enhance grid resiliency and stability in the Railbelt region of Alaska while reducing the carbon footprint. WEC, in collaboration with Echogen Power Systems and...

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...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) provides $1,934,206 in funding to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska to support emissions reduction initiatives at the Port of Alaska. Key activities include: Conducting a baseline emissions inventory, assessing clean energy alternatives, and developing an energy transition plan for the port. National laboratories such as NREL, PNNL, and Sandia will serve as...

This $4,969,257 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) aims to transition the Kokhanok, Alaska microgrid to 100% renewable energy. The key products and services to be delivered include: Installation of a 943 kWh battery energy storage system, along with solar PV, a new wind turbine, and electric thermal storage (ETS) heating units. This will significantly increase the microgrid's reliability and resilience while reducing...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $397,351 Cooperative Agreement to Kawerak, Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. The funding will support the design of a new direct-use geothermal district heating and cooling (GDHC) system to provide space conditioning for tribal buildings at Pilgrim Hot Springs in Nome, Alaska. The project aims to develop a scalable GDHC system that will provide 95%...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska located in Unalaska, Alaska. The grant will fund the Makushin Geothermal Project (MGP) with the overarching goal of bringing affordable, clean energy to Unalaska Island to enable economic development outside of the fishing industry. The project will involve...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) provides $4,340,079 to the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative Inc. (AVEC) to construct a 500 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) 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 24% of the existing diesel fuel consumption at a power plant serving the native Alaskan communities of New...

This Project Grant award of $749,165 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development) to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) supports research and development of technologies for transitioning Alaska's legacy pipeline infrastructure to enable the distribution of liquid hydrogen carriers. The award, with a performance period from May 2024 to May 2026, will leverage UAF's specialized capabilities in...

The federal Project Grant award of $1,500,000.00 from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859) will support energy infrastructure improvements and renewable energy implementation by the Inside Passage Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Juneau, Alaska. The two-year project aims to reduce exceptionally high residential energy costs in this rural community by upgrading energy generation,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) aims to deploy high-penetration solar PV and battery storage systems into existing microgrids in eight remote tribal communities in Alaska that currently rely on diesel for 100% of their electricity. The $26,062,370 project, which has an ultimate completion date of December 30, 2030, is being implemented by Dena Nena Henash, doing business as Tanana Chiefs...