Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/alaska/)
Snow and cold: Call them Alaska’s secret solar super powers. Turns out Alaska has great solar potential, even in the midst of winter. Still, the state ranks last in rankings for solar jobs per capita, with less than half the number of the next lowest performer, Wyoming. Entrepreneurs see opportunity.
Budgets of oil states are going to be hard hit by the recent slide in oil prices. Measured in dollars, Texas is the clear loser, but in terms of actual on-the-ground impacts, it’s not quite so simple. In the country’s number two oil producing state, North Dakota, falling prices have barely caused a ripple, while in Alaska (ranked fourth), lawmakers are calling it a “fiscal apocalypse.”
High Country News | Alaska models renewable-diesel hybrid microgrids that could be used for communities too remote to be hooked up to the grid.
Wyoming Public Media’s Stephanie Joyce interviews Alexandra Gutierrez of Alaska Public Radio on Alaska’s diminished role in America’s energy boom and what it means for the state.
Which state’s economy is most dependent on mining? Trivia for energy nerds!
