Naknek Native Village Council: New Shop and Office Building Solar Heat and Power Assessment

Through the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy to Communities (E2C) program, NLR, other national laboratory experts, and select organizations provide Expert Match - free, short-term technical assistance to address near-term energy challenges and questions. Expert Match is for community stakeholders who have decision-making power or influence in their community but need access to additional energy expertise to inform key upcoming decisions. This Expert Match request supported the Naknek Native Village Council in Naknek, Alaska with a heat and electric load assessment for its new shop and office building, a prefeasibility comparison of hydronic solar heating versus solar PV for partial electric heat, cost-optimal PV and battery sizing under varying utility export scenarios using REopt, and outage resiliency planning for on-site power and storage options.