Alaska

Geothermal Drilling

Geoalaska to Do Further Geothermal Exploration at Augustine Island, Alaska

Augustine Volcano, Alaska (Source: Flickr, U.S. Geological Survey, Creative commons)Following news of the granting of a new geothermal prospecting permit at Aug…

Oil Field

88 Energy Strikes Second Oil Discovery in Alaska

88 Energy Limited celebrates a significant milestone with the second light oil discovery at the SMD-B reservoir in its Hickory-1 well, Alaska, yielding a peak f…

Geothermal Power Plant

Unalaska Pulls Plug on Makushin Geothermal Project

The Makushin Geothermal Project began building a corridor to the site of the proposed power plant in 2021. (Courtesy Of Ounalashka Corp./Chena Power LLC)The Cit…

Geothermal Power Project

Geoalaska Expands Geothermal Prospecting Area in Augustine Island, Alaska

Augustine Volcano, Alaska (source: Coombs, M. L. / Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey)The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Biden Administration Awards $9M Grant to Research Carbon Capture for Proposed Southcentral Alaska Coal Power Plant

The UAF coal plant in Feb. 2022 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media)The University of Alaska Fairbanks is set to receive a $9 million dollar grant from the Biden a…

Oil & Gas Trade

Conocophillips to Move Forward With Development of Willow Project in Alaska

A screen displays the logo for ConocoPhillips on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid…

Nuclear Reactor

Contract to Decommission Historic US Reactor Re-Awarded

Aptim-Amentum Alaska Decommissioning (A3D) has been awarded a six-year, USD95.5 million contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers to decommission and dismantle…

Biofuel

School in Canada's Yukon Territory Switches to Biomass Heat

A school located in the south-central region of Canada’s Yukon Territory, roughly 250 miles northeast of Juneau, Alaska, will source up to 90 percent of i…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geophysical Survey by Geoalaska Ongoing in Augustine Island, Alaska

Tidal channels on Augustine Island, Cook Inlet, Alaska (source: flickr/ NOAA Photo Library, creative commons)GeoAlaska LLC has mobilized its geophysical survey …

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Lease Sale Planned Anew for Mount Spurr, Alaska

Mount Spurr from Kenai Beach, Alaska (source: sf-dvs / flickr, Creative Commons)The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas has announced that a geothermal lease sale is…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Alaska Simplifies Microreactor Regulations

The US state of Alaska has adopted regulations to streamline the regulatory process for the siting of microreactors. The new regulations, which waive some requi…

Hydropower Plant

New Study Identifies 1,800 Sites for Pumped Hydro Storage in Alaska

Alaska is warming faster than any other US state, according to the US Department of Agriculture. The state has unique energy needs due to its size, diverse land…

Net Zero

Zeroavia Works on World’s Largest Zero-Emission Aircraft

ZeroAvia has started developing the world’s largest zero-emission aircraft based on a decommissioned ‘Dash 8’ jet Alaska Airlines reserved for…

Coal Mine

Coal Phase-Out Not Happening Fast Enough to Avoid Rising Global Temperatures

A stockpile of coal maintained by the base power plant at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. (Reference image by The U.S. National Archives, Picryl.)A recent stu…

Geothermal Power Plant

State Funding Pursued for Unalaska Geothermal Project, Alaska

Representatives from Ounalashka Corporation met with state-owned public corporations to discuss financing of the geothermal project at Unalaska, Alaska.