Ameresco has unveiled a $240 million hydropower initiative in Alaska that represents a big development in renewable vitality infrastructure for the area.
The Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Facility, developed in collaboration with Juneau Hydropower, will generate 19.8 megawatts of fresh electrical energy. That is estimated to be sufficient to supply a 20% enhance to Juneau’s present baseload capability whereas offsetting over 82,000 metric tons of annual CO2 emissions. This complete hydropower initiative consists of not solely the hydroelectric plant but additionally an in depth transmission community spanning 40 miles with undersea cabling, a battery storage system, and interconnection infrastructure that can improve grid reliability for Alaska’s capital metropolis and surrounding distant communities.
Ameresco’s improvement particularly addresses historic vitality vulnerabilities within the area, the place excessive climate occasions just like the 2008 avalanche prompted extended blackouts.
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