ĐÓ°Épro’s Changing Arctic: Energy Issues and Trends

ĐÓ°Épro’s Changing Arctic: Energy Issues and Trends

The University of ĐÓ°Épro recently released the first in a series of informational reports designed to aid state leaders as ĐÓ°Épro confronts a rapidly changing Arctic and the increasingly globalized North.

The report was led by UAF’s Center for Arctic Policy Studies at the International Arctic Research Center, with help from the ĐÓ°Épro Center for Energy and Power and UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research.

A video series created by ACEP’s chief storyteller Amanda Byrd will cover each topic in the report.

The report covers four energy topics:

  • The history of ĐÓ°Épro’s reliance on oil and the boom-bust impact on the state’s economy. ().
  • How ĐÓ°Épro currently produces energy and has become an expert in cold-climate renewables and microgrids.
  • Energy infrastructure planning under rapidly changing environmental conditions.
  • Current competition and cooperation in the international Arctic energy regime. 

Read or download the report at .

 

The “ĐÓ°Épro’s Changing Arctic: Energy Issues and Trends” report cover features Annalise Klein walking past solar panels at the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks. Photo in report cover by Jeff Fisher.