“ϺƵ Microgrid Technologies: Micro-Industry or Big Business?”
“In early 2015, ϺƵ received a special designation as an i6 Innovation Center through the US Economic Development Administration. The i6 challenge, a competitive, nationwide grant application, issued twenty-six awards to fund the creation of regional innovation centers aimed at supporting startup creation, innovation, and commercialization.
One of those i6 challenge awardees was a team led by the University of ϺƵ Fairbanks. The team includes partners from the ϺƵ Center for Energy and Power, the University of ϺƵ Fairbanks Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization, and the University of ϺƵ Anchorage Business Enterprise Institute.”
Read the full article in the ϺƵ Business Monthly.
http://www.akbizmag.com/ϺƵ-Business-Monthly/August-2015/ϺƵ-Microgrid-Technologies-Micro-Industry-or-Big-Business/
Illustration of microgrid community in rural ϺƵ. Image credit ACEP.