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A firm called Blue Planet Energy has successfully deployed a small but mighty solar-plus-storage microgrid project in Alaska.
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A firm called Blue Planet Energy has successfully deployed a small but mighty solar-plus-storage microgrid project in Alaska.
Blue Planet Energy has successfully deployed a hybrid solar + storage microgrid to support the residents of Shungnak, a remote community above the Arctic
Shungnak, Alaska, a small community above the Arctic Circle, is now benefiting from a first-of-its-kind solar-plus-storage microgrid system, reducing its
KOTZ Radio 720 AM The Native Village of Shungnak, roughly 148 miles east of Kotzebue. (Photo courtesy of Northwest Arctic Borough) Construction is set to start next spring on a solar battery project in the Northwest Arctic villages of Shungnak and Kobuk. It’s the latest renewable project for a region routinely struck by high energy costs. It’s always been expensive to provide energy to rural Alaska. With most communities not falling on the road system, locals are forced to barge and fly in diesel fuel to power generators. There is a state program that reduces energy costs, but with the ...