This Project Grant award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will fund the construction of two 1 MW direct drive wind turbines in Kotzebue, Alaska. The $19,826,233 grant, awarded on April 21, 2025, will enable the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) to manage the project, while the Native Village of Kotzebue will own the infrastructure and facilitate community engagement. The anticipated outcomes include reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing grid reliability, decreasing utility costs, creating new jobs, and empowering the Native Village of Kotzebue as an independent power producer. The project will deliver all necessary equipment to connect the wind turbines to the existing microgrid, including buried cable, a transformer, and electrical sectionalizers. The intended beneficiaries are disadvantaged communities in the Kotzebue region.
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