Sustainable

Eva Creek Wind Farm

  • Full commercial operation: January 7, 2013
  • Capacity: 24.6 megawatts
  • 12 Senvion cold-climate turbines
  • 2021 capacity factor: 26.2%
  • In 2021, 52,376,090 kilowatt-hours were contributed to GVEA's grid; that's enough to power 7,274 Interior homes (using an average of 600 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month) for a year

Fairbanks Solar Farm

  • Fully operational: October 4, 2018
  • Capacity: 563 kW Solar PV System
  • Each of the 1,760 panels can generate up to 320 watts
  • 337,443 kilowatt-hours were contributed to GVEA's grid; enough to power 46 Interior homes (600 kWh per month) for a year
  • Peak-energy day was May 14, 2021, with 389 kWh generated

SNAP GVEA's Renewable Energy & Net Metering Program

  • 578 members are SNAP/SNAP+ producers, 111 more than 2020
  • 99% of SNAP production is from solar energy
  • 2021 SNAP and SNAP+ production totaled 1.98 million kWh