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Home My WebLink AboutAEA Shovel Ready Projects List - Public - 08212024Energy Region Technology Project Entity Project Title Nameplate Capacity (MW) Community Total Project CostRailbelt Transmission Alaska Energy Authority Beluga to Healy HVDC Transmission Line 230kV Overland HVDC Transmission Intertie Railbelt Region 730,000,000$ Copper River/Chugach Transmission Alaska Energy Authority Roadbelt Transmission Intertie Project 230kv Overland Transmission IntertieGlacier View, Glenallen, Tok, Delta Junction 600,000,000$ Railbelt Hydroelectric Alaska Energy Authority Dixon Diversion - Bradley Lake Augmentation190,800 MWh / year in additional Bradley energy (1.5 billion cubic-feet natural gas offset) Railbelt Region 342,000,000$ Railbelt Geothermal Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc.Mount Spurr Geothermal Feasibility and Conceptual Design70 Railbelt Region 335,000,000$ Railbelt Geothermal Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc.Augustine Island Geothermal Feasibility and Conceptual Design70 Railbelt Region 335,000,000$ Railbet Transmission Naknek Electric Coop; Nushagak Electric CoopNaknek - Dillingham Intertie & Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)69kV Overland Transmission Intertie (9 connected communities) & BESS Bristol Bay Region 190,000,000$ Railbelt Transmission Alaska Energy AuthorityNikiski to Beluga Subsea High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission Line Subsea HVDC Transmission Intertie Railbelt Region 413,000,000$ Bristol Bay Hydroelectric Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative Nuyakuk River Hydro Conceptual Design 12Dillingham 153,000,000$ Railbelt StorageChugach Electric Assoc, Inc.; Matanuska Electric Assoc, Inc.; Homer Electric Assoc, Inc.; Golden Valley Electric Assoc, Inc. Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)Various BESS systems to be installed for osciallation issues; 1 southern; 1 central; 1 northern region. Railbelt Region 140,000,000$ Railbelt Wind Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc.Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc. - Bradley Lake Bench Wind Feasibility 30 Homer 107,800,000$ Railbelt Wind Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc.Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc. - Caribou Hills Wind Feasibility30 Homer 96,939,900$ Railbelt Wind Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative Inc.Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc. - East Foreland / Nikiski Wind Feasibility 30 Homer 91,624,650$ Railbelt Transmission Alaska Energy AuthoritySterling Substation to Quartz Creek (SSQ) Station Transmission Upgrades 230kv Overland Transmission Intertie Railbelt Region 90,000,000$ Railbelt Wind Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc.Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc. - Ninilchik Wind Feasibility30 Homer 89,718,000$ Copper River/Chugach Hydroelectric Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc. Cordova Hydro Storage Assessment Project Hydro storage expansion (1.5 MW to 5 MW) Cordova 70,000,000$ Railbelt Hydroelectric Matanuska Electric Association, Inc.Hunter Creek Hydroelectric Feasibility Study Project7.7 MEA service area 67,765,000$ Railbelt Hydroelectric Chugach Electric Association, Inc. Godwin Creek Hydro Project6.1 CEA service area 67,250,000$ Railbelt Wind Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc. Cook Inlet Oil Platform Wind Project 30 Railbelt Region 54,538,500$ Railbelt Solar Solstice Energy LLC Kenai Peninsula Solar Farm30 HEA service area 50,100,000$ Southeast Hydroelectric Southeast Alaska Power Agency Southeast Alaska Grid Resiliency (SEAGR) Install third turbine unit at Tyee Lake (12MW)Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wrangell 22,592,510$ Aleutians Wind City of Unalaska City of Unalaska Wind Power Feasibility 5 Unalaska 15,900,000$ Railbelt Solar Native Village of Eklutna Native Village of Eklutna - Solar PV Feasibility 4.95 Native Village of Eklutna 11,300,000$ Southeast Hydroelectric City of Tenakee Springs Indian River Hydro Project0.18 Tenakee Springs 9,654,000$ Bristol Bay Hydroelectric Pedro Bay Village Council Knutson Creek Hydro Project Construction 0.15 Pedro Bay 8,551,470$ Aleutians Hydroelectric TDX Adak Generating, LLCHydro - Feasibility and Conceptual Design - TDX Adak0.44 Adak 9,174,000$ Railbelt Solar Utopian Power LLC Sterling Solar Project4 Sterling 5,955,000$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Wind Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc.Pilot Station Wind Energy Feasibility Study & Conceptual Design Project0.9 Pilot Station 5,605,000$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Wind Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc Kalskag Wind Feasibility and Conceptual Design 0.3 Kalskag 5,647,000$ Aleutians Hydroelectric City of False Pass UNGA Man Creek Hydro Project (180kW) 0.18 False Pass 5,200,000$ Northwest Arctic Biomass Kotzebue Electric Association, Inc.Kotzebue Community Scale Energy Storage and Inertia 4MW/8MWh BESS w/ 3MVA Intertia System Kotzebue 7,925,000$ Bering Straits Solar Nome Joint Utility System NJUS Solar Nome Banner Ridge Solar Farm 1 Nome 4,050,000$ Bristol Bay Solar Naknek Electric Association, Inc. Naknek Solar PV on Cape Suwarof 1 MW (Solar) + 1.5 MWh battery Naknek 4,037,848$ Railbelt Storage Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative, Inc. AEEC / KPB CPL Landfill Gas CHP Project1.6MW of landfill gas generation + waste heat power for leachate evaporator Homer 11,427,383$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Wind Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. Goodnews Bay Wind Energy Feasibility and CDR 0.3 Goodnews Bay 3,000,000$ Kodiak Wind City of OuzinkieOuzinkie Wind Energy Feasibility and Conceptual Design Project0.225 Ouzinkie 3,100,000$ AEA Shovel-Ready Project List - Aug 2024 Energy Region Technology Project Entity Project Title Nameplate Capacity (MW) Community Total Project CostAEA Shovel-Ready Project List - Aug 2024Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Wind Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. Kotlik Wind Energy Feasibility and CDR 0.3 Kotlik 3,100,000$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Solar Akiachak, LtdAkiachak Native Community 200 kW Solar Energy Project0.2 Akiachak 1,443,257$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Storage Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc.Quinhagak Battery Energy Storage System Project0.6 Quinhagak 1,236,581$ Railbelt Biomass City of NenanaNenana Biomass District Heat System, Final Phase Biomass Wood-chip boiler heat loop Nenana 1,223,000$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Storage Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. Chevak Battery Energy Storage System Project 0.6 Chevak 1,139,581$ Yukon-Koyukuk/Upper Tanana Solar Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc.Holy Cross Solar Energy & Battery Storage Feasibility Study Project 0.2 MW (Solar) + 0.2 MWh battery Holy Cross 1,000,000$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Wind Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative IncNuvista Kwethluk Wind and Battery Project Completion 0.4 MW (Wind) + 0.5 MWh battery Kwethluk 740,000$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Solar Puvurnaq Power Company Kongiganak 100 kW Solar Energy Project 0.1 Kongiganak 720,453$ Southeast Hydroelectric City of PelicanPelican Hydro Relicensing Project, Restoration, Repair0.65 MW hydro facility in need of re-licensing and minor upgrades Pelican 700,474$ Railbelt Hydroelectric City of Homer Homer Energy Recovery Project 0.01 Homer 370,000$ Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Storage Atmautluak Tribal UtilitiesAtmautluak ETS Installation, Integration and Commissioning30 Electric Thermal Stoves to utilize excess wind energy for heating fuel displacement Atmautluak 286,227$