Alaska Power & Telephone Welcomes New Heat Pump Deployment Initiative to its Prince of Wales Island Service Area
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星期四, 五月 2, 2024
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Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) is excited to announce that Spruce Root – a southeast Alaska non-profit and Community Development Financial Institution – was selected to receive a $2.5m US DOE grant for a heat pump deployment project for Prince of Wales Island.
Key Points:
- Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) is excited to announce that Spruce Root – a southeast Alaska non-profit and Community Development Financial Institution – was selected to receive a $2.5m US DOE grant for a heat pump deployment project for Prince of Wales Island.
- The project, titled “Decarbonizing the Tongass with Tribally Owned Heat Pumps,” will be a multi-year initiative to add 240 air source heat pumps to residential homes in Prince of Wales Island communities.
- Prince of Wales has an abundance of hydropower provided by the Black Bear Lake, South Fork, and Híilangaay hydropower projects.
- The project will help reduce emissions, improving air quality within Prince of Wales communities, and the Tongass National Forest.