HomeMy WebLinkAboutREFAC 12-14 2009Alaska Renewable Energy Fund
Advisory Committee Meeting
Anchorage
December 14, 2009
Topics
Round 1-2 Grant and project status
Staffing
Round 3 evaluation status
Schedule
Additional criteria and weighting changes
Issues
Preparation for Next Session
Project progress (if time)
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Rounds 1 and 2 Status
(See Butch White’s handout)
Staffing
New
Biomass/CHP (Devany Plentovich)
Geothermal/Ocean-River (Neil McMahon)
Wind (Rich Stromberg)
Hydro (Audrey Ahlstrom –January)
AEA has also added EE and Inventory staff
Katie Conway
Emily Binnian
Round 3 Evaluation
Schedule
AEA complete Stage 3 review by Jan 12
Stage 4 REFAC meetings Jan 13-14
New criteria and weighting (see handout)
Recommendations to Legislature by Jan 29
Issues
Applicant requests funding for two parts of
the same project
Ex: Thayer Lake hydro and transmission
(#517, 523)
AEA plans to treat as one project
New apps for projects capped earlier
Ex: Kotzebue Wind (#518), Humpback Cr
(#407), Kenai Winds (#458), Reynolds Cr
hydro transmission (#439)
AEA recommends to allow, revisit issue in
next RFA
Extra slides
Alaska Energy Authority
813 West Northern Lights Boulevard
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
www.akenergyauthority.org
Falls Cr Hydro, Gustavus
RE Fund Grant $ 750,000
Total Project Cost $ 10,153,000
Est Fuel Displaced/yr 117,000 gal
Capacity: 800 kW
Pillar Mt Wind, Kodiak
RE Fund Grant $ 4,000,000
Total Project Cost $ 23,320,000
Est Fuel Displaced/yr 1,203,000 gal
Capacity: 4.5 MW
Denali Solar Thermal
RE Fund Grant $ 190,000
Total Project Cost $ 190,000
Est Fuel Displaced/yr 5,700 gal
Juneau Airport
Ground Source
Heat Pump
RE Fund Grant $ 513,000
Total Project Cost $ 1,076,000
Est Fuel
Displaced/yr 29,500 gal
No. Prince of Wales Intertie,
Coffman Cove & Naukati
RE Fund Grant $ 3,752,181
Total Project Cost $ 6,155,019
Est Fuel Displaced/yr 111,000 gal
Capacity: 34.5 kV
Miles: 48
Unalakleet
Wind
RE Fund Grant $ 4,000,000
Total Project Cost $ 4,194,340
Est Fuel
Displaced/yr 90,000 gal
Capacity: 600 kW
North Pole Heat Recovery
RE Fund Grant $ 840,000
Total Project Cost $ 1,050,000
Est Fuel Displaced/yr 99,000 gal
Tok School Wood-Fired Boiler
RE Fund Grant $ 3,245,349
Total Project Cost $ 3,805,349
Est Fuel Displaced/yr 50,400 gal
North Pole Biomass-Fired Power
RE Fund Grant $ 2,000,000
Total Project Cost $ 4,007,900
Est Fuel Displaced/yr 210,000 gal
Capacity: 404 kW net
Paper diverted from landfill: 5,000 ton/yr
Hydrokinetic
(River Flow)
Energy
RE Fund Grant $ 565,439
Total Project Cost $ 565,439
RE Fund Grant $ 461,950
Total Project Cost $ 446,950
Est Fuel Displaced/yr 2,800 gal
Statewide Resource Assessment
Ruby Hydrokinetic (25 kW)