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The project’s initial estimates for demand have changed now that the price of heating oil has dropped to about $2 per gallon.

Lindemuth said her work on the Fairbanks Four case is among the most meaningful she’s done in her life.

Hydrokinetic technology developed in Alaska’s rigorous conditions will help researchers design systems that can be used worldwide.

Nothing has been decided, though. The state is still in discussions with its three partners.

University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers are helping develop small hydropower systems that don’t require building a dam but instead use a turbine anchored into a river to harness the flow of water to generate electricity for remote communities located far off the grid.

There’s optimism that the station, once destined for scrap, has a future.