A longtime Fairbanks resident and state leader, Rogers served for seven years as the UA system's finance vice president, four years in the Alaska State House and eight years as a member of the UA Board of Regents, with three of those years as chair.
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A former UAF student, he attended Trinity College and Brown University before receiving his master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1996, Rogers formed Information Insights, an economic and public policy consulting firm, serving as principal consultant and chief financial officer.
Rogers has served as chair of the UArctic Board of Governors, The Nature Conservancy Alaska Trustees and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference CEO board, as well as a member of numerous community and state organizations including the Foraker Group Governance Board, the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Fairbanks Downtown Rotary and several others.
Pilgrim Hot Springs Geothermal Deployment
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, LOW-TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL
Kawerak, Inc., a tribal corporation in Nome, Alaska, is seeking to revitalize Pilgrim Hot Springs by providing stable electricity to the area. The Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) developed options using wind, solar, and geothermal power production. The Alaska Microgrid Group provided a summary economic analysis of the options and a presentation format to allow Kawerak and its potential grant-makers to compare the choices. The work prioritized geothermal electric production for its long-term development impact on the hot springs property.
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Pilgrim Hot Springs is located on the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is considered one of the highest potential geothermal resources in the state. It is owned by Unaatuq, LLC, a consortium of seven local organizations based in the Bering Straits region.
Kawerak is a managing partner of Unaatuq, and is organized as a tribally owned and operated non-profit serving the residents and communities of the Bering Straits region.
FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed) surface thermal imagery
Confirmation and production well drilling
FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed) surface thermal imagery
For additional information visit ACEP's project summary or email us.