Previously, he was the CEO of HOMER Energy. Peter Lilienthal is Global Microgrid Lead for UL, LLC and a member of the Advisory Panel for the City of Boulder’s Partnership with Xcel Energy. Under Reeve’s leadership Kotzebue Electric received the highest award given to the nations cooperatives - the “Community Service Award” from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) for the cooperative’s work with wind technology in the Arctic.ĭr. Reeve has received several honors and awards for his innovative work including R&D Wind Energy Achievement Award from the NRECA’s Cooperative Research Network, a Utility Leadership Award from the American Wind Energy Association. In addition to his cutting-edge work in wind energy, Reeve was responsible for a number of emerging technology projects including a NRECA-DOE sponsored smart grid project, and Organic Rankin Cycle Project and the integration of a utility scale battery. He continues to manage many projects that demonstrate that demonstrate renewable viability in the Arctic. In 1997, he implemented the first utility-grade wind turbines in Alaska. He is nationally known as an early adopter of wind energy and a pioneer of Arctic energy. She has competed in the Yukon Quest and Iditarod sleddog races.īrad Reeve is the former General Manager/CEO of Kotzebue Electric Association, a position he held for 29 years. In 2015-16, she served as a Fulbright Scholar as part of the Arctic Fulbright Initiative. Holdmann has been inducted into the Alaska Innovator’s Hall of Fame, and was selected as a member of Alaska’s Top Forty Under 40.
This project received several awards including a R&D 100 award (R&D Magazine) and Project of the Year in the Renewable Energy Category (Power Engineering Magazine). Throughout her career, Holdmann has worked in the private sector as a design engineer and project manager, including the design and construction of the only operating geothermal power plant in Alaska at Chena Hot Springs. Specific areas of emphasis include power systems integration for microgrids, hydrokinetic energy, low temperature geothermal, and diesel efficiency. In addition to AMG, Holdmann currently directs the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, an applied energy research program based at the University of Alaska Fairbanks which focuses on community-scale fossil and renewable/alternative energy technologies.
Gwen Holdmann is one of the founders of the Alaska Microgrid Group.
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