Output statistics (bar chart) (To view daily output statistics, click on the wind meter to the right)
The first power from Eva Creek Wind came into the grid at 9 a.m. on October 24, 2012. By early January 2013, all 12 turbines were fully tested, commissioned and generating power.
At just under 25-megawatts, Eva Creek is the largest wind project in Alaska and the first by any Railbelt utility. It is located 14 miles from Healy at the top of the 10-mile Ferry mining road.
The addition of Eva Creek Wind is exciting for Golden Valley and the Interior as a whole. The project integrates well into GVEA’s system and enables the cooperative to meet its Renewable Energy Pledge ahead of schedule. Eva Creek Wind also helps reduce the Interior’s dependence on oil for power generation.
Assuming oil prices of $108 per barrel and that the project meets the forecasted generation estimates, Eva Creek Wind could save our members approximately $4 million dollars through the end of December 2013.
Project Advantages
- Helped GVEA meet its Renewable Energy Pledge which called for 20 percent of the system’s peak load to be generated by renewable resources by 2014. GVEA’s 2012 peak load was 217.6 MW.
- Will provide up to 75,000,000 kilowatt-hours (36% capacity factor) of renewable energy annually. That’s enough electricity to power more than 9,450 average Interior homes (660 kWh per month) each year.
- GVEA-owned and operated
Project Information
Total project costs: $93 million
State appropriations: $13.4 million
Amount capitalized: $84 million
Estimated cost of energy: $0.086/kWh
Turbines: 12 REPower turbines (cold climate version)
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