Fire Island turbines go online - September 30, 2012

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industrySeptember 2012

Vol. 17, No. 40

Week of September 30, 2012

Fire Island turbines go online

The 11 wind turbines on Fire Island just off Anchorage started providing power to Southcentral Sept. 24.

KSKA reports (http://is.gd/7nb1cO) the project is the first to provide renewable power for Anchorage and the surrounding area.

The project was built by Cook Inlet Region Inc., a Native corporation.

State and federal grants helped with the $65 million price tag.

CIRI official Suzanne Gibson says they selling to Chugach Electric Association. It’s estimated that the turbines will provide 4 percent of Chugach’s power for its retail customers, or enough electricity for 4,000 homes.

—Associated Press

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