Naknek augments power supply with new solar array

A solar panel in Dillingham (Photo by Dave Bendinger, KDLG – Dillingham)In the search for cheap, renewable sources of energy to power rural Alaska, solar seems to have rarely gotten a look. Ample rivers, waterfalls and wind spin electricity generating turbines, but power from the sun? The Alaska Energy Authority said, “Alaska’s high latitude presents the challenge of having minimal solar energy during long winter months when the energy demand is the greatest.” But so