Repository logo

Alaska's microgrid innovators: how communities are responding to today's energy challenges

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorAsmus, Peter H., editor
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Alaska Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-30T18:01:58Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractThis book features stories from energy pioneers across the stakeholder spectrum including utilities, academics, native peoples, policy makers, and other industry participants who describe how they have each helped develop more affordable and sustainable energy systems.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroduction: Inspiring tales of energy innovation from the top of the world / Peter Asmus -- A brief history of Alaskan electrification, from 1893 to the present / Philip A. Wight -- A land of extremes births the Alaska Center for Energy and Power / Gwen Holdmann -- Electricity arrives in rural Alaska / Diane Carpenter -- Bringing billing innovations to Alaska's most remote and smallest communities / Clarrisa Quinlan and Connie Fredenberg -- Helping cooperatives cooperate at AVEC / Meera Kohler -- Cordova: The little utility that could / Clay Koplin -- Kotzebue: A wind and solar pioneer / Brad Reeve -- How Kodiak Island reached nearly 100% renewable energy / Darron Scott -- Igiugig: Indigenous values drive energy transformation / AlexAnna Salmon and the Native Village of Igiugig -- Native entrepreneur brings solar to rural Alaska / Edwin Bifelt -- Alaska's Railbelt is where the carbon is / Brian Rogers and Steve Colt -- Why Alaska needs to pursue public policy reforms / Chris Rose -- Placing Alaska's innovation into a global context / Peter Asmus.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/245702
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity of Alaska Press
dc.rightsCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.
dc.rightsAll rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.
dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectMicrogrids (Smart power grids) -- Alaska
dc.subjectRenewable energy sources -- Alaska
dc.titleAlaska's microgrid innovators: how communities are responding to today's energy challenges
dc.typeText
dc.typeImage

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
BKSaCUPR_alas_9781646429615.pdf
Size:
8.4 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
UPC Members only
Download

Collections

University of Alaska Press