Rural Energy Conference

Energy & Environment

‘A Survival Issue’: Rural Communities Using More Renewable Energy, Less Costly Diesel

Tim Ellis

Alaska’s rural communities are increasingly looking to wind, solar and biomass to reduce their use of expensive diesel fuel to generate heat and…
Energy & Environment

Technology Helping Small Communities Cut High Energy Costs, Conference Organizer Says

Tim Ellis

About 400 people from around Alaska and elsewhere converged on the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel and Conference Center Tuesday to talk about how residents of…