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Alaska Village Electric Cooperative Toksook Bay, Alaska Wind Working Group Brent Petrie Anna Sattler Nome, AK November 2010
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AVEC is a non-profit member-owned co-op 53 villages 22,000 population – Would be the 4th largest city in Alaska after Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau 94% Alaska Native 48 power plants 9 wind systems serving 12 villages 160+ diesel generators 500+ fuel tanks 5 million gallons fuel burned 7,700 services 80 Anchorage-based employees 95 Village technicians
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AVEC Board Goals Reduce diesel use by 25% in 10 Years – 1,250,000 gallons – 77% of our fuel is used in Wind Class 4+ villages Reduce power plants by 50% in 10 Years – Interconnect another 24 villages Reduce non-fuel costs by 10% – Plant costs, depreciation, interest… – On January 1 st, 2010 AVEC reduced rates 2 cents/kWh
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Wind Potential for AVEC 39 of AVEC’s 53 villages are in 4+ wind regimes A high-efficiency generator yields 14 kWh/gallon A 100-kW turbine could produce 220,000 kWh/yr One unit could displace 16,000 gallons Four units = 64,000 gallons
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Wind Map
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AVEC Wind Projects 2003Selawik 2006 Kasigluk – with tie line to Nunapitchuk 2006Toksook Bay - with tie line to Tununak & tie line to Nightmute 2008Hooper Bay and Savoonga 2009Gambell and Chevak in construction, commissioning in process in 2010 2009Mekoryuk erected, commissioning in 2010 2010Quinhagak – erected, commissioning in 2010 2010Toksook (one more turbine) 2011Emmonak/Alakanuk and Shaktoolik Kasigluk
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Future Interties Brevig Mission - Teller St. Mary’s - Mt. Village St. Mary’s - Pilot Station St. Michael’s - Stebbins Emmonak - Alakanuk New Stuyahok - Ekwok Togiak - Twin Hills Noorvik – Kiana – Selawik Ambler – Shungnak – Kobuk Upper Kobuk – Lower Kobuk
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Wind Potential for AVEC We would need 80 100kW machines to displace 1,250,000 gallons. As of November 1 st, 2010, we have 19 100kW units operational and 5 more scheduled to be operational in the next 2 months. Construction is scheduled to begin on 6 100kW machines in 2011. 4 65kW machines were installed in Selawik in 2003.
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In 2009, 11 100kW machines were operational for the entire year and, including limited output from the 4 smaller turbines at Selawik, wind accounted for 2.8% of gross generation, displacing about 140,964 gallons of fuel. The fuel would have been worth $517,931.
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AVEC 2009 Fuel Use By Village
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Using wind fuel, AVEC has saved a total of: Gallons of Fuel Oil Displaced Money Saved on Displaced Fuel Oil 435,186$1,380,551
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Fuel Oil Savings Per Year
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Fuel Oil Displaced in Gallons Per Year
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#16 Building Human Capacity AVEC and its contractors are building local capacity by training wind technicians who live in the villages. These trainees have worked in the construction and operation of the new systems. AVEC and its contractors are building local capacity by training wind technicians who live in the villages. These trainees have worked in the construction and operation of the new systems. Charles Green Sr. of Toksook Bay - left Elias Friday of Chevak - middle Lawrence Lake of Hooper Bay - right
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Training is underway for several wind technicians Kasigluk, March 2010
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Wind Technician Julius Bell adjusting the rotor assembly during the installation of the NW100 wind turbines. Lawrence Lake and Julius Bell standing by a nacelle in Hooper Bay
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Selawik, Alaska New modular power plant, bulk fuel tank farm, four wind turbines, and waste heat recovery system
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Other Projects Port Clarence Hydrokinetic Project Hydrokinetic power generation in Port Clarence at the entrance to Grantley Harbor near Teller and Brevig Mission
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Port Clarence Hydrokinetic Project Project Area
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Port Clarence Hydrokinetic Project
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Port Clarence Grantley Harbor Brevig Mission Teller Area of high velocity tidal currents
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Port Clarence Hydrokinetic Project Replicability elsewhere in Alaska The outcomes of this study can be applied to similar locations along Alaska’s northwest coast, where barrier islands and narrow ocean spits dominate the landscape
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Kivalina Examples of Possible Hydrokinetic Projects
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Shaktoolik Examples of Possible Hydrokinetic Projects
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Shishmaref Examples of Possible Hydrokinetic Projects
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Port Clarence Hydrokinetic Project Project benefits Reduced energy costs in both communities Lessons learned (study methods, feasibility analysis and generator selection methodology) which could be applied to other communities
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Alaska Village Electric Cooperative Thank you Toksook Bay, Alaska
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