In 2008, the 25th Legislature unanimously approved the Renewable Energy Fund (REF) competitive grant program. More than 15 years later, REF remains an integral part of Alaska’s toolkit for exploring, developing, and integrating renewable energy in Alaska. By statute, REF is administered by the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), a public corporation of the State of […]
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Extracting hydrogen from rocks
It’s commonly thought that the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen, exists mainly alongside other elements — with oxygen in water, for example, and with carbon in methane. But naturally occurring underground pockets of pure hydrogen are punching holes in that notion — and generating attention as a potentially unlimited source of carbon-free power. One […]
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