Wind power in Alaska

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In early 2010, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory released the first comprehensive update of wind energy potential by state since 1993, showing that Alaska has the potential to install 494,700 MW of wind power, capable of generating 1,620,000 million kWh/year.{{cite web|url=http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/docs/wind_potential_80m_30percent.xls|title=State wind energy potential (2010)|author=National Renewable Energy Laboratory|publisher=U.S. Department of Energy|date=February 4, 2010|access-date=2012-11-14}} Alaska used 6,291 million kWh in 2011.[http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/current_year/february2012.pdf Electric Power Monthly February 2012] Table 5.4.B.

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• Eva Creek Wind Project[https://www.gvea.com/eva-creek-wind Eva Creek Wind Project]
• Fire Island Wind Project[http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/August-2012/Oversized-Freight/ Transporting Wind Farm Components]
• Pillar Mountain Wind Project[http://www.kodiakelectric.com/generation.html kodiak electric association generation][http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/12/alaskas-1st-utility-scale-wind-farm-gets-energy-storage-boost-from-xtreme-power/ Alaska’s 1st Utility-Scale Wind Farm Gets Energy Storage Boost from Xtreme Power]

The following is a table comparing the growth of wind power installed nameplate capacity in MW for Alaska and the entire United States by year from 1999 through 2019.[https://windexchange.energy.gov/maps-data/321 WINDExchange: U.S. Installed and Potential Wind Power Capacity and Generation]

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