Energy

Alaska digest: A new wind project takes shape outside Anchorage, as AIDEA mulls options for struggling state-owned oil field

Alaska digest: A new wind project takes shape outside Anchorage, as...

This week’s digest of short news items from across Alaska includes items on the major new renewable energy project outside Anchorage, the death of...
Urban Alaska can learn from energy innovation in rural Alaska

Urban Alaska can learn from energy innovation in rural Alaska

During visits to my aunt’s house in Germany when I was a young girl, I loved to snuggle up to the Kachelofen – a...
Swedish parliament passes new energy target, easing way for new nuclear power

Swedish parliament passes new energy target, easing way for new nuclear...

Sweden's parliament on Tuesday adopted a new energy target, giving the right-wing government the green light to push forward with plans to build new...
Opinion: Embarking on a quest for clean energy

Opinion: Embarking on a quest for clean energy

I am on a hunt for cheap energy. If we systematically catalog all the places in the world with the cheapest power, two broad...
Norway Aims to Open Arctic Waters to Deep-Sea Mining

Norway Aims to Open Arctic Waters to Deep-Sea Mining

Norway may soon open waters in the Arctic and sub-Arctic to sea floor mining. The growing demand for important minerals, including copper and nickel,...
Saudi Arabia’s oil production cut could affect Alaska’s state finances

Saudi Arabia’s oil production cut could affect Alaska’s state finances

Alaska’s state budget for the next fiscal year hasn’t even been signed into law yet, but its expectations for oil revenue may already be...
Russia’s new storage vessel for spent nuclear fuel is designed for sailing in Arctic sea-ice

Russia’s new storage vessel for spent nuclear fuel is designed for...

The 158 meter long and 22,661 ton heavy ship will enable Rosatom to replace nuclear fuel at its new fleet of icebreakers, as well...
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy signs bill allowing state land to be used for carbon-offset credits

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy signs bill allowing state land to be used...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday signed new legislation that allows the state of Alaska to use state land for carbon credits, purchased by companies to offset...
Lukoil launched the second stage of the Kola Wind farm

Lukoil launched the second stage of the Kola Wind farm

After the launch of the second stage, the plant’s capacity now reaches 201 MW. The farm features 57 turbines and occupies an area of 257...
On remotest Arctic coast lies 21 km of oil pipes stacked ready for Russia’s new monster project

On remotest Arctic coast lies 21 km of oil pipes stacked...

The Russian president wants the Northern Sea Route to become a competitive global trade corridor and has commissioned his men in government to do...
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