...polar exploration.Coen is a PhD student in American history at the University of Washington. Previously he served as Rural Energy Specialist at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, an applied research institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks...

...Thursday for the seventh Alaska Rural Energy Conference. The conference is...investments that will go toward funded rural energy and described his role as looking...increasing state competitiveness to fund rural energy projects. He said it is not always...

...energy infrastructure in Alaska requires planning and diverse technologies."No silver bullet is going to solve the rural energy problems," she said. By 2013 the program will be displacing 3.5 million gallons annually with a total savings for...

...Anchorage-based business policy group, on the groups' efforts July 13. Commonwealth North has a special task force working on rural energy issues that has been meeting weekly this summer. The geodesic dome shape of Nikolski's greenhouse helps the structure...

...don't think that had had much to do with it," he said. "In this group, Indian health services, subsistence and rural energy were really the key issues." Murkowski has used her clout to support rural economic development, he said "If we...

...the energy authority, sold a string of hydroelectric dams to the communities they serve, resurrected the Alaska Seafood International plant by recruiting a New York investor and worked with the Denali Commission to enhance rural energy.

...of those are helpful, but none are profound. The energy bill authorizes, but does not require, $550 million of rural energy funding over next 10 years through the Denali Commission. It promotes carbon dioxide injection to boost oil production...

...Murkowski on Thursday created a new rural energy adviser post and signed over...Venezuelan fuel aid. The state's rural energy aid was approved by the Alaska...adviser would continue the work of a rural energy council that has been in existence...

...governments. Gov. Frank Murkowski last week created a rural energy adviser post and signed over $183 million that will...appointed former state senator Nels Anderson to the new rural energy adviser position, which he said will ensure Alaska...

...variety of issues, including education funding, subsistence rights, a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope, rural energy costs, and tribal sovereignty. Ulmer's responses were frequently greeted with strong applause despite the moderator's...